Do you think the interests of a 3 day embryo are more important than curing a little girl with spinal-cord injury or a person with full body burns? Why prolong the scarcely endurable misery of tens of millions of human beings for an embryo? An embryo has 150 cells. There are 100,000 cells in the brain of a fly. I mean, every cell in your body given the right manipulation, every cell with a nucleus, has the potential for human life.
2006-12-27 07:40:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There are different types of stem cell research, so you shouldn't categorize it under one name.
All human life is precious, regardless of the age. I am against embryonic stem cell research for that reason. Plus it has only been shown to cause tumors.
Now adult stem cell and umbilical cord cells have shown great promise with spinal cord injuries, sickle-cell anemia, putting leukemia into remission with umbilical cord blood and many other things. That's where science should invest its time and resources.
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2006-12-27 07:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see no purpose in destroying embryos, when cultured stem cells are vastly to be prefered because of genetic compatibility. Do not forget that a stem cell is still genetically distinct from the host body and thus succeptible to immunological response.
Stem cells cultured from an individual that are for that individual or for general research are cool. Destruction of life to harvest embryonic stem cells, totally unethical, and it shames me daily to see my fellow atheists not able to calculate a simple ethical calculus scenario.
And yes. The foetus DOES trump the young lady with the spinal cord injuries. The foetus has its full human potential remaining, the young lady has obviously been alive long enough to sustain injury and therefore does not have her full potential remaining.
However... I will reluctantly admit that as long as the horrible genocide that is abortion and in-vitro exists... better the discarded foetii have SOME chance to serve a purpose than to die for nothingness.
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Hey gorgeous... don't forget there are some atheists who are on the other side too, and not for religious reasons. :)
2006-12-27 15:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm in favor because, like your question said, I think saving humans who are alive right now and whose suffering is much more acute than if an embryo without any nerves dies is more important. People around the world are suffering without stem cell research; a thing barely larger than a cell will not suffer that much compared to those people.
2006-12-27 15:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by whitearmofrohan 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am pro-choice when it comes to pregnancy, but I'm pro-life when it comes to medicine. I support stem-cell research. many embryos are thrown away instead of going to help people.
I will personally never never understand how anyone could watch someone die and suffer, rather than use an embryo that would otherwise be destroyed to save them
2006-12-27 15:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am definitely for stem cell research. No one is suggesting getting people pregnant for the sole purpose of stem cell research - they only want to use the already discarded embryos. It could save countless lives, and it costs us nothing.
2006-12-27 15:45:52 · answer #5 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
II'm for it, It will help so many people, and some people say its killing people, but the embryo can't feel pain or have an opinion on wether it wants to die or not unlike the people who have a deadly disease. Some people think its playing God, If God is the person that people say he is why wouldn't he want them to clone to save peoples lives
2006-12-27 15:49:46 · answer #6 · answered by A nobody 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am all for stem cell research. In the US we are already so far behind China. Our scientists & researchers are leaving. Everyday we ban some sort of science in the US one week = one year as far as how far behind we fall the rest of the world. Soon China will own us,
2006-12-27 15:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the research can be done without taking a human life -- at any stage of developement -- I am not against it. I ama against it, only when it demands killing an unborn child.
2006-12-27 15:49:30 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Karen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm in favor of stem cell research.
2006-12-27 15:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For stem cell
Against embryonic stem cell
One life is not worth more than another.
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2006-12-27 15:44:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jasmine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋