TVC is opposed to any research that involves the deliberate killing of one human to benefit another human. "An unborn human is not of less value than a Parkinson's victim who needs treatment

Answer 1

The first sentence seems to be a statement. Since the second sentence contains an opinion that can be argued, that sentence is a thesis on which an argument can be based, but it is not an argument itself.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument.htm

http://www.powa.org/content/blogcategory/21/111/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/01/