Yes let's cannibalize our unwanted young to increase our own life span. What a wonderful society we are
So, you would ban organ transplants, then? The abortions do not take place so that fetal tissue can be obtained. You do know that, right? So, if the abortion is happening, what, again, is the problem with using the tissue for medical research? How is that any different from using organs for transplant or tissue for research from a person who has died?
Who said anything about organ transplant??? Nice straw man on a totally separate issue. I'm on record saying if that's how you feel about abortion, go ahed and donate the parts. But the people here championing abortion can't answer a simple question of do you take schiavo off of life support if the doctor says give her 4 months and she'll be fine. If you are so secure in supporting abortion then answer the damn question. And then try to explain the difference when that is done to a baby
Right over your head, huh? Explain the difference, ethically, between using the tissue from dead fetuses and using the tissue from dead people. If is it morally and ethically acceptable to use tissue donated by the relatives of a dead person either for research or for direct transplantation to liver recipients, why it is not morally or ethically acceptable to use tissue donated by the mothers of an aborted fetus for research? And if it is permissible for the hospital that recovers the organ or preserves the tissue for research to be reimbursed for the cost of services done in connection with that, why it is wrong for Planned Parenthood to similarly be reimbursed for the cost it incurs in securing, storing and transporting the fetal tissue to the researcher?
You're talking to an issue that nobody else is speaking to. That isn't the discussion here. The discussion is...should PP be funded by the government when #1, they're illegally selling dead babies and altering procedures to facilitate that (both of which are straight up criminal), and #2, they're supposed to be protecting the interests of the woman at all costs....which they obviously don't.
The answer is of course not. They should be prosecuted as the criminals they are, and the money the government has been giving to them should to to other women's clinics (of which there are many).
Of course you would be too much of a ***** to not answer those questions. And, actually, that is the issue. Is it unethical for an organization to be reimbursed for costs associated with the collection, preservation and transportation of human tissue. You do believe that there is no difference between a fetus at 15 weeks gestation and a fully grown human, right? They are both people entitled to full protection of the law, according to you. Then why is it not appropriate to apply the same principles to the retrieval and use of all human tissue, whenever and wherever obtained? If Planned Parenthood only received reimbursement for their actual cost and did not alter the procedures in a manner that increased the risk to the woman, you would be ok with using fetal tissue in research, right? Since the government gives no money that is used for abortion, why would you deny Planned Parenthood the money they use to provide contraception; to provide pap smears and mammograms; to treat sexually transmitted diseases? Why end support for those things?