Stem cells might save lives....diabetes, alzhiemer's, quadraplegics, what do you think?
2006-08-16 15:17:28 · 8 answers · asked by jennypjd 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
People who say it's murder, I understand your reasoning, but think about this: Most eggs that are fertilized do not lead to a full-term baby. Most naturally fail to implant in the uterus and just get reabsorbed into the body or whatever. So - does it really make sense to consider that fertilized egg to be the moral equivalent of a newborn baby?
Obviously, there is a huge grey area and somewhere between conception and birth it becomes a human being and it is wrong to destroy it. And personally, I would put that line much closer to conception that birth. But 8 days old? In my opinion you are just talking about a small collection of cells at that point.
2006-08-16 16:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by Steve K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Steve K says it is a grey area.
In my personal opinion, the moment conception takes place it is the first step in the life of a human being. Maybe it will never reach the other steps (e.g. abortion; I would use as criteria only the natural case and not the mishaps of medical approaches) but still it is a human. It would be like saying that new-born babies shouldn't be considered as humans just because they have not fully developed.
I think there are techniques and more will be developed which use stem cells without having to use/kill the whole embryo. Taking stem cells from the placenta has already been done.
2006-08-17 05:59:29 · answer #2 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't, at eight days an embryo is just a blob of cells about as big as the period at the end of this sentence. Anyway, embryos used for stem cell research are usually rejects from fertility clinics and probably wouldn't live anyway if placed in a uterus. And anyway even if a female remained pregnant for all of her reproductive lifetime (which for reasons both health, ethical, and environmental I don't recommend) she wouldn't use all of her egg cells any way, so why not?
2006-08-16 22:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by Isis-sama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not murder. Why just throw something out than can be used to save million's of lives. Stem cell research is a positive outcome to a negative situation.
2006-08-17 15:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by Scully 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not murder. Stem cell research is one of the greatest discoveries yet.
2006-08-16 22:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by bhcky79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not murder and once the egg is formed, if it is not dead, it is alive. When all of the chemicals come together to form an egg, it is an egg and it is alive.
2006-08-16 22:41:31 · answer #6 · answered by Tony T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the moment of conception the embryo is alive, and yes, it's murder if it's eight days, eight weeks, or eight months.
2006-08-16 22:24:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better to sacrifice them in exhange for millions of life. Anyway, its not murder. they became instrument for a great discoveries.
2006-08-16 22:26:01 · answer #8 · answered by Sam X9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋