Matt Bowman v. USA Today: On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

ADF attorney Matt Bowman has this column in USA Today that is written in opposition to this USA Today Editorial that calls on Congress to prop up embryonic stem cell research. Matt writes: “. . . science itself has ended the debate. Adult stem cells actually help people, and a new technique creating “induced pluripotent stem cells” (IPSCs) gives every benefit of embryonic cells and more, without destroying embryos. Stem cell pioneer James Thomson told The New York Times that IPSCs spell the ‘end’ of the embryonic stem cell field. Meanwhile, embryonic-destructive research has yielded little beyond tumors, wild promises and the demand for more taxpayer dollars . . . Nowadays, everyone wants a bailout. Embryo-destructive scientists are only the latest group to claim they’re too big to fail, when in fact they’ve never succeeded.”