Christian Scholar: Stem Cell Research Is Not 'Baby Killing'

Lutheran pastor and theologian Dr. Ted Peters outlined the “moral framework" under which he supports stem cell research while speaking at the Christian Scholars’ Conference at Pepperdine University last week. Referring to a scientific process within stem cell research that separates the fertilized egg prior to its cell generation, which occurs normally at 14 days old, he said, “I don’t think we are baby killers when it comes to disaggregating the blastocyst.” The blastocyst, which becomes the embryo, forms after five days. Christian Post

Editor: Of course, saying a blastocyst becomes an embryo is like saying a newborn becomes an adult. They are just different stages of human life, not different beings.