How do you think "stem cell" research will impact "Third World" adoption?

Question

Do you think that we will start seeing a trend towards "Corporate Adoptions" as restrictions on stem cell research ease up?

Answer 1

Not really, remember what happened with that "clone" company not long ago. There is too much watch dog stuff out there.

Answer 2

Good question!!!

I tend to think of stem cell research in terms of steps.

By limiting the research, we're still shooting ourselves in the foot. I suffer from diabetes and I really feel as though the true cure for this disease lies in stem cell research. Just the thought of being able to transplant a healthy organ to take over functions the old one which no longer functions at even 50% is a great joy to me.

But, where does the stem cell research stop.

Will bodies be needed as research expands? In a sense I hope not. Will these bodies have full consciousness? Will they have developed brains? Can a body be "grown" without brain development?

I think we're looking at a cross between stem cell research and cloning. Corporate adoptions would only be as good as finding the right clients.

Why do people adopt from Third World countries? Well, having been one of those people who is doing it a second time, let me express my opinion.

I wouldn't use a corporate adoption. I've adopted once from China and am returning again for a few reasons. First, my wife and I decided when we got engaged that when our family expanded it would be by adoption. Second, our current ages of 40+ make domestic adoption a real pain. Throw in the uncertainty of a domestic adoption, and we really like the fact the Chinese have an adoption system fully laid out without surprises. Third, while the culture in China doesn't value little girls much, I perceive the opposite in America. My dad expects my sister to take the major role in looking after him. I kinda think along similar lines so I guess I'm really predisposed to having daughters. Fourth and lastly, I don't expect to win a humanitarian award, but if there is one child out there who needs a parent then I don't need to have my crappy genetic code passed on.

I guess that last statement also shows that Corporate Adoptions as being "we'll make a child of your DNA" wouldn't appeal to me. If on the other hand it was "we'll make a child out of someone else's DNA who has proven to excell" I still wouldn't do it because I believe children are still a product of their environment and there are still plenty who need loving homes.

Answer 3

I don't think adoption rate will be affected.

Stem cell research cannot be performed on embryos cultivated from pregnant women. By the time a woman can tell she is pregnant, the embryo is far too developed. It requires a group of cells that is minutes or seconds old. Therefore, abortion and adoption will continue at the same pace, since there is no way the aborted fetus could be used for this research, no one that would have otherwise chosen adoption, would have an abortion to further stem cell research. Not gonna happen.

Answer 4

I don't see what stem cell research has to do with adoptions. Stem cell refers mainly to cells and embryos whereas adoptions are already existing babies.

Not unless they created embryos for adoption purposes only, but I can't see that either. There are enough other children that need adopting without going this drastic route. But one never knows what the black market will do and what couples are willing to pay for adopting a child.

Answer 5

I genuinely don't think so. I think the main opponents to stem cell research will be Pharmaceutical companies; Imagine how GlaxoSmithKline would react to the news that a condition they have spent millions trying to cure will no longer exist in 20 years due to stem cell research. Modern scientific progress only seems to go as far as the coin is tossed; how ******* sad..

Answer 6

No affect on adoptions. Stem cell research is geared towards helping paralysis.

Answer 7

I think cloning is more relevant to your question.
When they were able to clone a dog, it didn't slow pet adoptions at all. This may be a brutish analogy, but I think it holds true. Just because another option is available (although not cost effective at ALL), it doesn't mean that well meaning people will change their mind. There are many reasons to adopt a third world child other than just having a baby.

Answer 8

It should have no effect on adoptions anywhere. Stem cell research is to help find cures for diseases, particular, genetic diseases, such as I have, Neurofibromatosis. This is a horrible disease, an if they can cure it through stem cell research, then am all for it. Nothing to do with adoptions.

Answer 9

Serious answer. I have friends who have gone the infertility route. One has to have so many fertilized eggs to make it possible to have one fetus. Stem cell research will not ease up here until that imbecile is out of office. Stem cells are in frozen petrie dishes. They are not going anywhere except the dumpster. By pandering to his Bible thumping(even Ann Coulter claims to be born again, it is just so radical chic Christian Conservative.) vote pandering base, he has condemned millions to less than optimum lilves. With hard core religious conservatives it is every fetus for itself.

Answer 10

Stem Cell research isn't a form of "cloning" as in to make another human, it is for medical research to help people with diseases.

Answer 11

well adoptions might increase as we need more stem cells we will need more donors