Stem Cell Research has become a scientific method that is challenged by those who promote a pro-life agenda because most associate it with the use of embryos, a human life at it’s earliest stage in development. With the election of our next President just around the corner, the candidates have already expressed their their pro-life positions.

It excited me to find that there are a number of studies going on in the area of Stem Cell Research that provide an alternative to using embryos, please read on, this is interesting, at least to me, and I’m delighted to have stumbled upon this opportunity.

One of the alternatives being researched is the use of menstrual blood as reported in an article at CNNmoney.com. Woman don’t realize that they, their children, or their siblings, may benefit from their own blood, turning what most of us woman look at as a drudgery into a blessing. Amazing!

This research is done by C’elle, and through them, you can receive a kit so that you can, from the privacy of your own home, collect what is needed so that your stem cells can be preserved in case they are needed in the future for your own health or the health of the ones you love. It’s simple, painless, and anyone can do this without having to drive to a medical facility, and no matter how busy your schedule is.

This may sound beyond belief to you, if so, I encourage you to read the article at CNN Money through the link posted earlier, and to read this C’elle Client Testimonial. I am amazed, and wish I was still young enough to have something to offer.

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Yes, I know the Pennsylvania primary is upon us, and so do you, and if you are anything like me, you’re on PA Primary overload, so here’s another “Where I Stand” for you, and we’ll talk about the primary when the primary gets here.About 20 years ago when my children were very young, I volunteered for a group that helped people who had unplanned pregnancies. A free pregnancy test was offered, and counseling. Often when the young women would arrive, they thought we may be offering abortions, but that wasn’t the case. I met with many young ladies, delivered food to some needy pregnant woman, and offered as many options as were available at the time in order to encourage these dear woman to preserve the life within them. In many cases, I have no idea what the outcome was, as they were left armed with choices, but ultimately, what they did was up to them.

I remember clearly sitting in my living room (usually we met in an office, but sometimes if someone was close, at that time it was okay to meet in my home) with one young lady. She knew she was pregnant, and hadn’t told her parents yet. She wanted to know what “help” I had to offer, so I told her all of the options available to her…none of which included abortion. She broke down in tears, feeling guilt and shame at what she had done, and told me she was 100% sure that when her parents found out, they would make her have an abortion. I re-assured her that God loved her, and that God loved the life that was in her, to always remember that God forgives us when we ask and wanted to walk through all of this with her. I sent her home with the usual literature, and some verses from the Bible that I hoped would help and comfort her, and no, I don’t know the outcome, but God does.

These were eye-opening experiences for me, and heart-wrenching in many cases, as I do believe that abortion is murder. I hate to see a world so messed up that sex is worshiped and one of the many ugly outcomes is that a beautiful life, full of potential, comes into existence, then is unwanted and destroyed.

So what does this have to do with politics? It is an issue in every election, and I believe it should be. Some say this should be a matter of personal choice, private, but when the Supreme Court who’s Justices are appointed by the President of the United States made a decision to legalize abortion through Roe -v- Wade, it became a government issue to the highest level.

I’m sure by now it’s very clear where I stand, and believing the Bible and obeying God makes life choices so easy, you know exactly what to do, consider these words from Psalm 139:

“For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful… your eyes saw my unformed body, all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Can it get any clearer than that? Even the unformed body is a life, and precious to the Creator, God.

If you DO NOT have God and the Bible in your life as a guiding compass, then you follow human guidelines, man-made ideas, which have lead us to the sad state of affairs that we find ourselves in…killing thousands each year. This explains why the Pro-Life issue is so important to Bible believing Christians, they call us the “religious right” now. I prefer to say that I have a “relationship” with God that is “right”.

So there you have it, that’s where I stand on the issue of Abortion. How about you?