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...destroy three inarguably unique human beings, on average, in order to make one? This “take life to make life” ethic is tenuous at best, but more importantly, it is precisely what the right to life movement openly decries in its opposition to stem cell research...
Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82 likes to point out that she and her opponent—Deval L. Patrick ’78—have a lot in common: both are social liberals who support abortion rights and stem cell research; both rose from modest means, attended Harvard, and became wealthy; and both would make history by being elected Massachusetts governor—Healey as the first woman, Patrick as the first black leader. Despite their similarities, Healey has based her campaign on highlighting their differences. She pummeled Patrick for his more liberal positions, including...
...said he will promote lower housing costs and increased government services to keep recent graduates in Massachusetts after college. He also told students that he will push for increased funding for state colleges and universities. A social liberal, Patrick clashes with current Republican governor W. Mitt Romney over stem cell research and gay marriage. Patrick has said he will create incentives to promote stem cell research as a means of improving Massachusetts’ economy, and said he opposes a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Patrick, who graduated from Harvard...
DAWKINS: For me, moral questions such as stem-cell research turn upon whether suffering is caused. In this case, clearly none is. The embryos have no nervous system. But that's not an issue discussed publicly. The issue is, Are they human? If you are an absolutist moralist, you say, "These cells are human, and therefore they deserve some kind of special moral treatment." Absolutist morality doesn't have to come from religion but usually does...
Sure, the attention was negative when Snow dismissed Congressman Mark Foley's creepy messages to former pages as "naughty e-mails." There was the time Snow likened stem-cell research to murder. He invoked the unfortunate clich "tar baby" early on, but just as interesting as his missteps are his striking successes. He said Bob Woodward's book, critical of the Bush Administration's handling of Iraq after the invasion, was "like cotton candy--it kind of melts on contact." After John Kerry was caught in a gaffe that appeared to demean the armed forces, Snow thundered, "This...