If you had a chronich condition and science discovered a way to cure it?

Question

Would you accept treatment and or a cure if it involved fetal research? Would you buy your life/health at the expense of another innoccent life? Serious question here. I am NOT asking if you believe in abortion or fetal research but if you would personally accept a cure or treatment derived from it. I would not but I want to know if others would.
Peace Be With You,
Debra

No I would not and neither would my child. My children are 11 and 13 and they now well where these cells are obtained.

I am not under the impression of any such thing. I am a nurse and I know where they come from but I am a Catholic and we do not believe in that technology being used either.

Answer 1

I would not use a treatment that involves fetus testing. I do not believe in abortion of fetal research.

Answer 2

When we are faced with death or serious illness, our survival instinct kicks in, like a drowning man, pushing a lifesaver under the water in his panic. The moral question here is will my acceptance of treatment cause harm to an innocent - can I do bad for a good reason, NO. Once the research is done, it is only a principle being respected.

Should a catholic pharmacist not stock condoms when a customer could simply go up the road to get them? Whats being protected, what bad act is being committed or avoided?

If the research is completed, my not accepting the cure serves no protective purpose, it simple leaves me to suffer and suffering for itself is not a good.

You need to argue that non-acceptance of treatment would stop further research of an immoral nature. This is where the battle should be fought in my humble opinion.

And may the Peace of the Almighty remain always in your heart also.

Answer 3

Very tough questions if you pause to really think about it.

If the cure was based on fetal research (this is a broad area that I may define differently than you would) I would probably accept treatment. If it occured at the expense of another innocent life I would not. Two books come to mind that have addressed this theme well.

"Gray Matter," Gary Braver
"The Speed of Dark," Elizabeth Moon

Aloha

Answer 4

yes, i would. in a perfect world, there would be no dead or aborted fetus', but we dont live in a perfect world, so we need to make at least some good come from these sacrifices. I am moraly against abortion, but it is a fact that it wil continue to happen. and what better way to let the unborn child have a legacy then by using its cells to help others. PLUS much, if not most the fetal material does NOT come from abortions.

On a side note it saddens me to see you would not let a treatment from this research svae your childrens life. you are old enought o chose that for your self, but your children arent, and they shuld be given every chance to live.

Answer 5

I think based on your primary question without details, that I have a fighting spirit and I would at least try to fight for my life and the quality thereof. What is life if you can not really live it?

However, if it was not a proven method to cure my condition I probably would not. The idea of being a lab rat due to my condition (also depends on how livable my condition is) does not seem something I would willingly contribute. I would also have to take into consideration the percentages of survival, and lowered occurances of my conditions. If the % of survival was low, and the occurance of my condition would not measurably be lower; it would gain me more stress than cure.

Answer 6

Of course this is a HYPOTHETICAL question, seeing as there are no cures derived from fetal research. So at best I can give you a hypothetical answer.

I think I would not.
It comes down to a matter of sactity of human life.
The way to know if you would or not is to ask yourself if you would risk your own life to save another.
Would you go into a burning building to save someones life?
I would. So I think I would not accept the cure.

Good question.

Answer 7

A lot of medical science is derived at the expense of others.

We learned a lot about anatomy, but Burke and Hare had to kill people to get the bodies to do the medical studies.

How many people died before we realized that bloodletting was stupid? How many limbs were lost because of carelessness around X-rays? How many animals had to die so we could understand things like insulin and Rh factor?

I'm not saying whether it's right or wrong, but it happens

Answer 8

I would. I don't consider it to be at the expense of a life. Even so, there are many advances that came from the abuse of living humans. From Nazi research, experiments on blacks and the mentally handicapped in the U.S., prisoners in China... And those are just the advances during "enlightened times." Nothing in life is without the sacrifices of others. I don't mean to sound cruel, but realistic...

Answer 9

are you under the impression that this would come from aborted fetus/babies? because that is so untrue. no unwanted pregnancy is used for science. they get their research material from the women who can't have children and have to do artificial insemination. they give their unused eggs to science.

in other words, yes, since no one's getting hurt. however, i think there is a big difference between cloning and research. i don't believe in cloning, but where to draw the line? someone will want to push the line and that won't be pretty.

Answer 10

Yes, I would. How about your child?

Would you allow your child to receive treatment with a cure that involved stem cell research?