Edward Tincani – 3/18/09

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Medical research needs boundaries; Edward Tincani; Beaver County Times; March 18, 2009.

Previous letters from Mr. Tincani were entitled “Nation pays price for Bush’s big ego,” “Trade agreements are too one-sided,” and “Limbaugh should stop blowing smoke.”

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“After World War II, the media made public horrid details of how a Nazi doctor named Josef Mengele performed unthinkable experiments on humans in his medical research.”

[RWC] As a reminder for leftist readers, the Nazis were leftists (National Socialist German Workers’ Party).

“Is it possible today we have doctors in our medical science field continuing Mengele’s research?

“Regardless of our race, color, national origin or religion, I expect our government to listen to all voices regardless of their volume and, at the same time, to be the voice for those who can’t speak for themselves — the discarded, unwanted and unborn.

“Our society needs medical research but it has to have boundaries.

“The recent legislation passed by Congress and approved by our president giving certain groups of research scientists the green light to continue stem-cell experiments using embryos is inhumane, and it licensed them to take human lives.”

[RWC] I believe Mr. Tincani has his facts wrong yet again. There was no “recent legislation passed by Congress and approved by our President” regarding embryonic stem cell research. Mr. Obama simply issued an executive order voiding then-President Bush’s ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Contrary to what Mr. Tincani appears to believe, there was no ban on embryonic stem cell research. The prohibition was only on federal funding of research using embryonic stem cells collected after a certain date in 2001. The private sector and local/state governments could fund embryonic stem cell research as much as they wanted. Then-President Bush was the first president to approve federal funding of any stem cell research.

“When a governing body approves a law on a subject or act, it becomes legal but not necessarily right. I hope our Congress and president realize the grave mistake they made and revoke that license.

“No one should be handed the legal right to take human lives, even in the interest of medical science.”

[RWC] I wonder if Mr. Tincani knows he agrees with Messrs. Bush and Limbaugh on this issue. I don’t recall any letters from Mr. Tincani supporting Mr. Bush on this issue.