To the editor:
It is shocking and scandalous. Tom Barrett, candidate for governor of Wisconsin, said at an October 15 town hall meeting in Milwaukee that embryonic stem cell research is “the Lord’s work.”
What a breathtaking new description of life-destroying research! We all know God as the Creator of life, and now Barrett has made Him a willing accomplice in research that depends on destroying a living human embryo.
Sadly, Barrett is not only wrong on the morals, but wrong on the science. At a time when there are so many ethical stem cell alternatives, Barrett clings to old research and displays a lack of moral character that is simply stunning.
Barbara L. Lyons, executive director, Wisconsin Right to Life, Milwaukee