In the Jackson Citizen Patriot article referenced above, Schwarz attacked his own church - also my church, by the way - as having "raised disingenuousness to an art form" because, during the past few months, the Michigan Catholic Conference and the non-sectarian Right to Life of Michigan have undertaken an aggressive, pre-emptive educational campaign to spread the truth about embryonic stem cell research.

Unfortunately for Dr. Schwarz, it is really the other way around.  It is he and his ilk - embryonic-stem-cell-research proponents - that have been disingenuous when it comes to the so-called promise of embryonic stem cell research.  To date, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a single cure for any human disease.  Not one.  

But at the Albion College embryonic-stem-cell-research forum referenced in the Jackson City Patriot article there was Dr. Schwarz and his cohorts promising that embryonic stem cell research could do wonders - this time because some California scientists recently reported that "they were able to control diabetes in mice by using human embryonic stem cells, raising the possibility that such cells could help treat the disease in people."  Right.  If only we destroyed more human embryos, and, of course, had taxpayers foot the bill, think of all the miraculous cures we would have!  All of our medical problems will be solved!

What garbage.  

As a medical professional, Dr. Schwarz should know better than to lend his name to this unscrupulous campaign in support of expanded embryonic stem cell research in Michigan.  

Of course, as a medical professional, Schwarz should also realize that one person cannot have two beating hearts; ergo an unborn child is not simply a part of a woman's body to do as she pleases. . .but I digress.  

It seems that Dr. Schwarz has long ago made a conscious decision to cede his rational nature to an ideological agenda that is quite frankly delusional, as exemplified by Schwarz's most recent uncalled for attacks on Right to Life of Michigan and the Michigan Catholic Conference.

Why doesn't Schwarz stop scandalizing the church he professes to belong to and join another?  There are, after all, a myriad of choices out there - I'm sure he can find one that fits in with his ideological agenda.  

For that matter, he should do the same with respect to his party affiliation.  

As Dr. Schwarz knows only too well, those who viciously attack the backbone of the Michigan GOP (pro-lifers) as well as the public policy arm of the largest Christian denomination in the state (the Michigan Catholic Conference) have no future in Michigan GOP politics.

And that's a reality that will remain unchanged - regardless of the success or failure of Dr. Schwarz's pro-embryonic-stem-cell petition initiative.

About the author: Andrew Shirvell, Esq., is a pro-life citizen activist who writes a weekly column that is published every Thursday for RightMichigan.com in which he focuses upon Michigan pro-life issues. Shirvell attended Ave Maria School of Law - Ann Arbor, where he served as president of the school's Bioethics Society, from 2004-2005.  He also served as president of Students for Life at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, from 2000-2002.