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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 02:46 PM Aug 2015

Ben Carson's Brain is the one that needs an operation.

Ben Carson Was Confronted With His History As A Fetal Tissue Researcher. His Explanation Makes No Sense.

GOP presidential hopeful Ben Carson is struggling to explain what makes Planned Parenthood’s facilitation of fetal tissue donation different than his own brain research, which has also relied on samples from aborted fetuses.

Carson, a former neurosurgeon, used 17-week-old fetal tissue samples in a 1992 study seeking to better understand the development of the brain. That revelation, which was published on Dr. Jen Gunter’s blog on Wednesday night, is leading reporters to question why the GOP candidate called fetal tissue research “disturbing” in the wake of several inflammatory videos depicting Planned Parenthood employees collecting biological material from aborted fetuses.
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“You have to look at the intent,” Carson said. “To willfully ignore evidence that you have for some ideological reason is wrong. If you’re killing babies and taking the tissue, that’s a very different thing than taking a dead specimen and keeping a record of it.”


Ooookkaaaaayyy ...

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/08/13/3691425/ben-carson-fetal-tissue-research/
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Ben Carson's Brain is the one that needs an operation. (Original Post) pangaia Aug 2015 OP
my reaction as well Supersedeas Aug 2015 #1
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