if federla funds were used 4 stem cell sesearch, how would that spending affect americans?

Question

i'm only 15 and looking for hel on writting a paper, i don't need to know where u stand on the issue of stem cell research, just please answer the question

Answer 1

It depends. What is your definition of federla?

Answer 2

There are many different kinds of stem cell research. For most of them it could be money well spent (though I'd like to see more corporate and less government money). There are hundreds or thousands of people who could be helped. It could also be a source of well paying jobs for the educated.

However, FETAL STEM CELL research is a different thing. Many people think that using FETAL stem cells is taking a human life. Therefore, it is immoral to experiment with them. It's as simple as that.

As for those who don't think that a fetus is a human being, your DNA today is exactly the same as the day that you were conceived. If you're human today, then you were human then as well.

Here are some sources about experimenting on "lesser" humans. Read them and then tell me that FETAL stem cell research is moral.


Millions of Germans stood silently by while 10 - 12 million people died in the consentration camps in Germany.

Because of that many Germans today feel the collective guilt of their inaction. Certainly draining on their psyches.

This poem was written by a pastor who first helped the Nazis and then opposed them.

First they came for the Jews
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller

Will today's supporters of Fetal Stem Cell Research be tomorrow's Pastor Niemöller?

Answer 3

I have to say good things about Nancy Reagan, who came around to supporting this research following the sad, ironic final years of her husband's life. No one deserves that fate! It's amazing how much one's ideological positions can change when the issue becomes quite personal. The question of essentially religious and political views blocking scientific research is a difficult one ... very fine line here, surely... but the reality is that important cures have been pushed further away into the future ... because we actually care more about the fate of an egg or embryo than about living human beings! I don't believe that potential life trumps actual life .. my DNA was present in the appendix and tonsils that had to be removed in childhood ... those weren't "me"! Perhaps unfair analogy, I don't know... but if we're focused on potentiality, please weigh the potential costs AND benefits for both sides of the issue, and imagine if you or a loved one were dying in consciousness, day by day... If your belief system is unyielding, then there's your personal answer. Mine may differ--- will you veto the difficult choice of another family?

Answer 4

Financially, it probably wouldn't affect americans in the least, given the exorbitant amount of money that currently goes to research projects. When the research bears fruit, however, all Americans would benefit from the new treatments that would be available.