If were pro life, why not allow stem cell research?

Answer 1

The thing is that christians who are against stem cells dont really know what they are. Their education probably never passed the highschool level needed to understand what stem cells are and can do. Trying to explain the fundamentals of stem cell research is like talking to a rebellious kid who just outright doesnt want to listen. I wonder why we even bother explaining stem cells to them.

I mean the bill that was vetoed didnt even talk about creating life and destroying it. The cells were already there to begin with, and would have been destroyed either way. I suppose asking a garbage man to destroy those already made cells is a lot better than a scientist.

Answer 2

I am very much Pro Life, a devout Christian and an old man and I strongly oppose stem cell research. Do you know or have any idea where or how they get the stem cells. From aborted fetuses. I carry a piece of paper I have made out and I want no treatment of any kind that was developed from stem cell research, even if it means my life. I am diabetic, had open heart surgery, with four bypasses, cancer, abdominal aortic surgery and crippling arthritis. I want no part of stem cells. period.

Answer 3

Because even though that the stem cell isn't moving and breathing, there is a possibility that stem cell might become a human being, destroying the stem cell will take away the potential life.

Answer 4

For myself, I think that you are confusing two very different issues here.

I am not against stem cell research in and of itself.

I am, however , very much against taking a sperm and an egg, putting them together to create a life, and then terminating this life simply to get stem cells for research purposes.

THis is what was vetoed. Not stem cell research, which can go on quite well without needlessly creating life, just to terminate it for scientific purposes.

Answer 5

I am all for
"Cord Blood" stem cell research
"Adult stem cell" research
Lots of promises and no destruction of embryos as the do in fetal stem cell research.

Answer 6

Because it involves taking a life. People who are "pro-life'" believe life starts at the moment of conception. So to harvest stem cells from an embryo is murder to them. No one asked those children if they were willing to die in order to save someone else.

Answer 7

Human embryonic stem cells are thought to have much greater developmental potential than adult stem cells. This means that embryonic stem cells may be pluripotent—that is, able to give rise to cells found in all tissues of the embryo except for germ cells rather than being merely multipotent—restricted to specific subpopulations of cell types, as adult stem cells are thought to be.
As long as you don't have to kill anyone/fetus to get the stem cells I don't have a problem with it.

Answer 8

pro life has nothing to do with stem cell research. the product that is used are taken from the umbilical cord which is thrown in the garbage.

Answer 9

There are thousands of stem cells that can be retreived from adults, and from umbilical cords right after birth. There is NO scientific reason to make a baby just to butcher him for research.
Zondo got it wrong as usual. There is no reason to do this horrible thing. there has not been one life saved from all the slaughtered babies.

Answer 10

Adult stem cell research is OK (that's taking cells from already existing life). It is wrong to kill babies for research.