February 11, 2012
What is wrong with embryonic stem cell research?
Category: Stem cell research
I have type 1 diabetes and I think it’s an important step in finding a cure. When they do this don’t they put an unused egg and unused sperm together? The materials would go unused any way and even if it were to be used for a person they could still die in the womb. Abortion ends life and is legal while stem cells are only the potential for life. Even if the fetus was born they could end up with very poor quality of life, while with stem cell research can improve quality of life. So why do people oppose stem cell research so much?
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February 11th, 2012 at 4:01 am
All, research has the potential to go over board, or do so unethically. I think stem cell research, is important, but needs to be watched. Hitler’s doctors, did research that could and has helped advance medical treatments, but in doing so his doctors tortured millions of people, in their research. Our own government IE the USA did studies on syphilis and the effect on black men, in the later 50′s. People are afraid that if not careful stem cell research will cross the line of being ethical. And there are still others who believe that as soon as the egg is fertilized by the sperm, it is a human being, and fully alive, and have all the rights to be protected.
What makes it hard in the USA is the Contradiction in our laws. A woman who is 2 months pregnant, and hit by a drunk driver, the driver will be charged with 2 counts of murder in the 2nd degree. But if she choices she is unable to care properly for her unborn child she can have an abortion, within the first 3 months of getting pregnant.
We need a balance on both sides. People who fight to do the research, and people who make sure they do so ethically.