Ever since Ron Reagan Jr. appealingly promised at the Democratic National Convention in 2004
that embryonic stem cell research would yield miracles, the question has lingered.
Just what is going on in the politics of stem cell research? Is it just the
Democrats creating a wedge issue, dividing pro-life Republicans from the practical
majority of Americans who would reflexively support research on “new hope” for
Alzheimers, cancer, AIDS sufferers?
The conservative line, rehearsed here by Michael Fumento,
is that embryonic stem cell research hasn’t produced anything whereas adult
stem cell research has already produced promising cures. Therefore we can afford not
to tread in the questionable area of “harvesting” embryos. Democrats clearly want
to sell the idea that anyone who isn’t in favor of stem cell research is anti-science.
Behind the posturing is the maneuvering of the research interests who
see a chance for a lot of government research funding. And now Senator Frist has
come out in favor of embryonic stem cell research funding.
But the question still lingers. What is really going on under the blankets?
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