Embryonic Stem-Cell Research and a Hypothetical Candidate

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Being fully aware of the five non-negotiable issues for Catholics, I would like to know this:

What does one do with a candidate who does not believe in harvesting stem-cells from human embryos unless said embryos were already created in an in-vitro fertilization clinic. In other words, a candidate who believes you should not create life to destroy it, but won’t stop anyone from destroying a life that has already been created by someone else.

In the event that one has to choose between such a candidate, and one who is openly pro-abortion, what does one do? Not vote? Write someone in? Or vote for the lesser of two evils?

And more specifically, does a candidate as mentioned above fall inside or outside of the specifications for being anti-ESSR?

Please note: this is not a thread about the morality of ESSR, or about single-issue voting. I am presupposing that the five non-negotiable issues are solid, and that based on these issues we will choose our candidates. If you disagree, this is not the place to discuss it.
 
If the assumption that an embryo already created and stored (frozen) and an embryo or fetus in the uterus are pretty much the same thing, then the choice is between two pro-abortion candidates, if you will; one a “conventinal” abortion advocate, and one an “extra-uterine abortion” advocate.

Which is the lesser evil? Morally, methinks they are the same.
 
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