re: #748 MJBrutus

I would say that the point at which our society decides to extend legal protection to an incipient human being is arbitrary. That is to say that our Constitution is silent on the matter. Therefore, it is up to we the people through our elected representatives to make such determinations (as long as we don’t violate any other part of our Constitution in so doing). It is up to the democratic process to decide when and if abortion or stem cell research or other related reproductive laws. So if you don’t want to see stem cell research continue, convince enough of your fellow citizens of the rightness of your opinions. That is (or should be) your only recourse.

This is a republic, though, not a democracy. Laws are made by elected officials, and convincing them, and people to vote for them, is the recourse we actually have and use.
No one here is advocating overthrowing the government over this, so I fail to grasp your point. It is exactly that convincing that is going on.