What are your thoughts on STEM CELL Research?

Question

What are your thoughts?

Yea or Nay

Answer 1

I think it should be federally funded if embryos are destined to be destroyed. Why waste what could help millions of people? Since the embryos are going to be destroyed it seems those who favor Bush's position are just in denial of what their fate will be.

I think part of the problem is that there are few regulations on fertility treatments. Doctors are allowed to create an infinite number of embryos in a lab even though most will not be put in the woman or (very unlikely) adopted by another family. I was very disappoint when my sister (who considers herself to be pro-life) had 13 embryos created during her IVF. She is now pregnant (they used 2) but what happens to the rest? I think I'm going to make that a question.

Answer 2

Absolutely "yea."

Throughout history, science and religion have been in conflict, and each time science has won over religion. Look at Galileo when he said the sun was at the center of the solar system and the church made him recant. Look at the creation of the world. Science has ended up being correct, and history constantly repeats itself. George Bush is no different than the bishops who thought that the earth was at the center of the universe and who thought that everything was created in a matter of seven days some 6,000 years ago. The earth revolves around the sun, and the earth the billions of years old. Those are facts. George Bush only delayed the research. Stem Cells can potentially cure diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer. Don't worry, once we get another president, we'll be giving large amounts of money to scientists who'll cure suffering.

Answer 3

Bush's veto affected NO research. The only question was federal money going into that research. There IS research being done NOW on embryonic stem cells. ANYONE who "owns" an embryo is free to donate it for use in such research.

The Bio-tech companies that could stand to make billions on a profitable research outcome are not investing in it. They and most scientists and doctors think that no good will come from the research so they don't invest in it.

Answer 4

There is such a waste of resources.I believe that God would want us to use the resources we have to help a person maintain a healthy life.There are plenty of women who don't use the embryos that they have stored up.Not every single one is or will ever become a human being.I don't understand why there is such a divide on this.God would stop this if he didn't agree with it.We would have never gotten as far with the research as we have.My sister only had one child.She could have had dozens,but she did not.Now as she gets older what's going to happen to all those eggs she was born with?Would it not be better to use them to help someone get up out of a wheelchair than to flush them in the sewer,after she has a hysterectomy?What about a women who does not want to have any children?If they were willing to donate their embryos to a medical research facility that was helping people from various conditions,would not that be better than to waste them?Of course this needs to be highly monitored and regulated through the government,but it's time we started using our resources instead of wasting them.I am a Christian and I believe God is with us on this,I really do.

Answer 5

Many people have misconceptions about this. From the point of view of the Catholic Church, any research that destroys embryos is not morally acceptable. Using stem cells from embryos is not possible without causing the destruction of the embryo. Furthermore, they have shown very little promise and have only caused tumors in experimental animals. Adult stem cells, however, are morally acceptable because obtaining them does not cause harm to the subject. They can be obtained from bone marrow, blood, and even the umbilical cord of newborns. It is adult stem cells that have shown more promise in treating diseases. Hope that helps!

Answer 6

I absolutely believe in stem cell research.

I think a lot of people don't actually understand the difference between stem cell research and feticide.

So much negativity has been said about this. But few comprehend the actual deal with stem cell research.

Bush can Vito it until tomorrow cures cancer................

but we have the beginnings of so many cures...........

I wish time allowed me to say more.

I hope this question is posed many times.................

Answer 7

I read an article that said stem cells from umbilical cords were the most promising. Why can't we exhaust research activities on those and adult stem cells instead of using embryos?

I believe life starts at conception.

Answer 8

Bush is an idiot. Stem cells that could have gone for advancing research are going down the sink instead.

Answer 9

Yea.
God tells us that he breathes the soul into the fetus at 3 months - before that stage, it is not a separate human life, it is a growing group of cells, like an organ.
Islam is 100% compatible with science. For information on science in the Quran, visit www.it-is-truth.org.

Answer 10

Yea! From what I know about it, stem cells are taken from things that aren't used anyway. They're not hurting anyone, and could be used to cure diseases. I can't see anything negative about this process.