What Americans Do Not Understand About Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Reasons Why Obama and Advocates Justify It

What is common among Mary Tyler Moore, Michael J. Fox, Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, James Taylor, Warren Beatty, Robin Williams, Pierre Omidyar (Ebay founder), Bill Gates, Larry King, Calista Flockhart, Christopher Reeve (deceased), Senator Tom Harkins, Nancy Reagan and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton?

All of the above are celebrities and public figures. They are also strong advocates of embryonic stem cell research. In other words, they unanimously believed in one thought: "Humans are not embryos who grew up." These celebrities do not think of themselves as "former embryos".

Sen. Tom Harkins of Ohio, particularly mentioned how human embryos are like "dots" at the end of a sentence. Harkins is correct in describing human embryos as made up of "clusters of dots." The "dots" refer to miniscule size of human cells that form a human embryo. It can easily be identifiable through nanotechnology. Senator Harkins, however, is incorrect in saying that embryonic "dots" are not the initial forms in human metamorphosis.

What exactly does human life look like in its initial stages?

Biology 101 tells us this fact: human beings were once human embryos. In fact, the US government has protected several endangered species from extinction through federal law. One of these animals is the "American Bald Eagle". The law states that any person will suffer serious consequences or legal penalties if found to have destroyed "the nests" of American Bald Eagles. How is it that the US government is preventing the extinction of the American Bald Eagles by protecting the eggs in its nest? The answer is because the US government desires to safeguard the existence of this species at its initial stages of its life, particularly in its "embryonic" stages.