Should it be allowed?
What are its pros/cons?
2007-12-01 02:18:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just because we have a lot of unused embyros in storage does not mean they can be "used" for anything. We have to find ethical ways of dealing with this surplus which has been caused by unethical practices like in vitro and surrogacy.
Those embryos constitute human life in its earliest and most primitive form. They are not mere cells or tissues which can be manipulated and destroyed. Furthermore, man bears the burden of responsibility for their existence in the first place so he cannot cover his mistakes by sacrificing these embryos wantonly to science.
So...since using these embryos for research is NOT an ethical solution, for the time being, they will have to remain in storage until a better alternative is found, and we should be working to cut down on the surplus of embryos by encouraging adoption.
Couples should face the facts that not every one is entitled to a biological child of their own, especially when getting one costs thousands of dollars and adds to the collective embryo burden.
Our pro-choice society preaches all day about the millions of unwanted children, yet they do little to encourage adoption and instead support couples who undertake herculean methods just to conceive a baby. These parents are called "heroic" when truly they are just being selfish and shortsighted.
True heroism and compassion involves making sacrifices. That means giving up your dream of a biological child so that an unwanted child now living can have a home and family.
I wholeheartedly support and applaud scientific research for the betterment of the human condition, and to this end, adult stem cell lines and newborn cord blood both afford almost limitless possibilities for study and future treatment and cures.
I hope science will focus on those stem cell lines and leave the embryonic debate where it belongs - to the ethicists.
Pax Vobiscum+
2007-12-01 02:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since it can now be done with skin cells and not aborted embryo cells, I support it 100%.
Before, I supported it 80%. I didn't mind miscarried embryo cells being used in principle; it was just the whole "we're going to abort an embryo for the sake of science" thing that irked me.
2007-12-01 10:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course it should be allowed. Most of the embryos used are going to be destroyed anyway as they're leftovers from things like IVF, so you might as well use them before they're destroyed and make the most out of them. Plus, how can striving to find a cure for some of the worst diseases known to man be a bad thing?
2007-12-01 10:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by C l a r e 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bush is banking against it ONLY for political reasons!!!
Christians do not want science to mess with their religion!
2007-12-01 10:24:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it should be allowed. Think of the possibilites of the research.
2007-12-01 10:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by Philosophicalme 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wrong section
2007-12-01 10:21:52 · answer #6 · answered by darwinsfriend3 AM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unnecessary now....that they have found a different cell line they can use......
2007-12-01 10:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by Angel wings 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋