2007-04-06 14:06:09 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Go fer it, by all means... Let's help people. There's no longer a valid reason based on *anyone's ethics*, as we can extract stem cells without harm.
Now, *NOT* doing it is highly unethical - there's no downside.
2007-04-06 14:08:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
Frozen embryos are discarded and destroyed on a daily basis. If they are bound for destruction anyway, why not use them to help mankind? They aren't babies, they aren't implanted and most of them never get implanted. If Christian women seriously were against stem cell research, they wouldn't undergo the fertility treatments that create the frozen embryos in the first place. Therefore, they are hypocrites.
2007-04-06 14:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by Julia Sugarbaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientific research that improves the quality of life should be supported. Stems cells are no different, it is just a cell created by the human body, we've studied all the others, we should study this one too. The other side reminds me of the Medieval world that thought autopsies were a sin, and I don't think that is an issue anymore either.
2007-04-06 14:11:51 · answer #3 · answered by ryorama 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I agree about further research to the stem cell without destroying it. Those are innocent human beings.
2007-04-06 14:29:58 · answer #4 · answered by carlos r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that stem cell research can help alleviate many sufferings in the world. Many people believe that the destruction of a human embryo makes the practice a horrible thing. Perhaps cloning one human embryo thousands of times and experimenting with that could provide less of an issue.
2007-04-06 14:10:13 · answer #5 · answered by Elerth Morrow ™ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have no problems with stem cell research as it pertains to helping find a cure for diseases and cloning vital organs.
If they want to clone people like they have done with animals, well I have to stop right there.
2007-04-06 14:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find that the use of embryonic stem cells harvested in a way that destroys the embryo is immoral.
The use of embryonic stem cells harvested in a way that does not destroy the embryo is morally permissible.
The use of adult stem cells, or cells conditioned back into a stem cell state, is morally permissible.
2007-04-06 14:14:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As Mitt Romney said -
I do not support taking sperm samples and eggs to fertilize and independently create life that will be destroyed
I believe life begins at conception - we would have no tax deficit if all these little tax payers were alive today -
and how many Einsteins, George Washington Carvers, Martin Luther Kings, Will Rogers - have we slaughtered in pride - not to mention all the ladies!
We are too smart for our own good!
2007-04-06 14:12:58 · answer #8 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is baffling that it's even up for discussion. While we waste time, thousands are dying who could be helped or even cured by a few precious cells - cells that would go into the trash otherwise.
Honestly - the biggest disappointment isn't that there are people against this research. It's that there is even a QUESTION of whether we should do it.
2007-04-06 14:13:02 · answer #9 · answered by Huddy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I say anything that can better mankind without destroying it or hurting others is a positive. I'm not for willfully destroying humans in order to do stem cell reseach, but natural abortions and the like....sure use 'em.
2007-04-06 14:10:43 · answer #10 · answered by Greenwood 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Necessary yet misunderstood by many in the U.S. There is more than one kind of stem cell research. Embryonic is not the only kind (one misconception).
2007-04-06 14:10:02 · answer #11 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋