Ravings of a Classical Scientist

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I'm an atheist humanist who strides to enlighten people if they have a desire to learn truths. As a professional physicist I can only be reasonable and logical because I dislike being wrong.

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Harper playing with science

Harper is playing a dangerous game with the future of our most promising medical technologies by appointing a board of religious people who think that life begins at conception to come up with regulations governing fertility treatments and other stuff related to embryos. It's fine to believe what you want but the government cannot afford more importance to to theoretical lives of embryos than to suffering humans! If it is against your beliefs don't use it, I'd even help you fight the government for your right to not get treatment! But don't condemn other to suffer because of your beliefs!

This board is a recipe for disaster since government regulation is all that is needed to derail the research. What is more, it isn't like these regulations are going to matter since if they push research to another country they will eventually come here but we will have to wait longer for the stupid regulations to change, not to mention the economic loss of having the research done in Canada. I get shudders when I think that the government may decide who is allowed to get fertility treatments in the future!

I'm still thinking of ways to fight this so if you have any ideas let me know.

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