Research possible without killing

To the editor:

I would like to respond to the "Stone Age thinking" comment in Speak Out. There's no doubt that, due to medical research, health and living conditions have improved. However, let's remember this: An individual life begins at conception, and to destroy such a life is murder. It seems to me that proper scientific research is possible without destruction of the unborn. Let's respect the sacredness of human life.

LEONARD A. KUEHNERT, Altenburg, Mo.