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Ernest Istook

We cannot sacrifice innocent human life now for vague and exaggerated promises of medical treatments thirty of forty years from now. There are ways to pursue this technology and respect life at the same time.

Ernest Istook

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Ernest Istook is arguing that it is wrong to end the lives of innocent people in the present based on uncertain hopes for future medical advances. He believes it is possible to develop medical technology without harming human life.

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