Ethics & Morality

Faith & Scientific Progress - theblaze.com
Recently there have been many reports on the sale of fetal tissue from an organization known as Planned Parenthood. This topic has almost divided the country on which side is in the right. Many of the people who want to shut down the program appear to come from a religious background. Because of this, a Harvard professor stated that although this is a sensitive topic for many, we shouldn't allow faith to get in the way of scientific progress, and that the suffering of many people could be cured if the research could take place unhindered. The way I see it, this professor has no qualms about what can and cannot be done if it is in the name of science. While I wholeheartedly support research and science, if the process includes the killing of infants in their fetal stages, then it should not be allowed to continue. There must be a line drawn in the sand somewhere. A "line in the sand" has actually always been around, which is the code of conduct we call morality. There is also another code called ethics which more people like to subscribe to. However, it seems with each passing day we continue to dash the ethical line and redraw it further away from morality.