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u   The Anti-Abortionists Oppose Stem Cell Research:

The Anti-abortionists oppose stem cell research because it uses human embryonic tissue.  Based on their claim that this embryonic tissue is a new, separate, sovereign, individual, human being, they are attempting to pass legislation that would criminalize this type of research.   They propose punishing  any researcher who uses stem cells with a ten-year jail term and a one million dollar fine.   If they succeed in criminalizing stem cell research, millions who could be saved will continue to die and millions more will live lives of misery in diseased bodies.

u   Their  "Reasoning,"  Their Assumptions,  
        and The Consequences:

In the words of one anti-abortionist, Ken Connor, president of Research Family Council,  "We believe very strongly that people should not be discriminated against based on age or location in a petri dish.   Stem cells can only be derived by killing the tiniest and most helpless of human beings."

Connor's statement follows the typical logic of the Anti-abortion leaders.    It starts out with an "I believe" clause  (as if what he believes should be the basis for secular law).  

He then brings in a declaration based one or more unproven assumptions   In this case, the assumptions are:  1) that God created a brand new human being in that petri dish at sometime during the process of egg and sperm uniting, 2)  that a fertilized human egg is a new, separate, sovereign, individual, human being, and 3)  that interfering with the development of that egg into a human body is an act of murder.  His assumption can only be true only if  all five, of the unproven, anti-abortionist's core assumptions°  are actual provable reality.   

The typical statement closes with a therefore conclusion (missing but implied in the above quote)  --  Stem cell research should be prohibited by law.

Because the five, unprovable, core assumptions°  are personal, religious beliefs that have no scientific basis, the forced-motherhood  leaders are proposing  still another round of religious tyranny.   And, in the process, are intending to sacrifice the lives and health of millions of their fellow humans.