Re: your June 23 editorial, “Another veto for stem cells�:
I strongly disagree with your editorial comments in favor of embryonic stem-cell research. Just because an embryo is not in its final form of a child doesn't make it less human. All of its genetic material is in place. A unique human being is present. Treatments that do not require destroying life are now available, and true successes and cures are coming from adult stem-cell research.
If science teaches that life begins at conception, we should be pursuing science in defense of life, not at its expense. The direct killing of one innocent being for another is never morally justifiable. We must help those who are suffering, but we cannot use a good end to justify an evil means.
— Jeanne Berry, Newbury Park
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