I heard Bush on the news this morning, using terms like murder and destruction of life, when talking about stem cell research. Does he even understand what those terms mean?

It got me to thinking about the many inconsistencies in his policies of “life”. As I’ve said before, I don’t understand how anyone can keep a straight face while calling this president “pro-life” as his policies across the spectrum are some of the most anti-life I’ve seen since.

But even if we narrow the focus just to pregnancy and embroys and fetal life, there is still incredible hypocrisy. Why is it okay to create these embryos, and then leave them frozen until they lose viability, but not to use these embryos for research that may save countless lives?

If destroying embroys is wrong, then why is creating more embryos than can be implanted okay?

If the life in these embroys is so precious, then why are they allowed to sit in freezers?

It seems to me that the problem is not the destruction of embryos for stem cell research, but the creation of embryos that will be abandoned. If it’s wrong to take an embryo and use it to develop a treatment to save lives, then it is also wrong to take an embryo and leave it in cold storage until it is no longer viable.

If embryonic life is so valuable, then should we not place a moratorium upon creating it through artificial means because of the extra embryos created and then abandoned?

I find it unlikely, however, that Bush will come out in favor of such a policy. Fertility treatment is big business–and available only to the rich.