LETTERS: WE KILL OTHERS FOR RESEARCH, NOT OURSELVES

To the editor:

Why is it that the same people who support abortion and fetal-tissue research are not willing to die for the benefit of mankind? Just imagine the progress scientists could make if they would make the same choice they impose on unborn humans.

Sounds crazy, doesn't it, that people would choose to die for scientific study? Yet some terminal patients do this for humanitarian reasons. But what if society began to pick and choose who was to be killed for scientific research the same way we now choose who is to be aborted or created for experimentation?

You may claim to have moral, humanitarian principles on your side and believe biblical views to be limited to church or home. But a belief in God's truth will prove to be greater than ungodly secular humanism. After your moral ideas have run their horrible course, God's love and grace will be the one thing you can turn to for true freedom.

Who among us wants to be an aborted fetus or be destroyed for experimental testing? How can we make that choice for an untold number of fetal-tissue donors who, if given the chance, would grow to be just like us.

BRUCE COLLIER

Cape Girardeau