I need a list of 5(or more) valid arguments on why stem cell research is bad and reasons to back them up...?

Question

Please help me. I would be so thankful of you.

thanks! (big time)

well i'm in debate class and my position on the topic is suspossed to be opposed. i just can't think of anything. help!?!

Answer 1

"Bad" is a value judgment. It's purely opinion. You can justify an opinion with anything you like, or not justify it at all.

That being said, the only argument anyone uses against stem cell research is that it might involve killing a embryo that might otherwise grow into a baby. Some people (mainly religious fundamentalists) think this is bad, while others (mainly scientists and people with diseases that might be cured through stem cell research) have no problem with it.

Answer 2

Try these sites
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell/
http://www.time.com/time/2001/stemcells/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5252449
http://www.counterbalance.net/stemtp/index-frame.html
http://www.boston.com/news/science/stemcell/
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/ethics.asp
http://www.law4u.com.au/lil/ls_stem.html
http://www.wired.com/medtech/genetics/news/2006/07/71401
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stem-cells/CA00081
http://www.curesforcalifornia.com/page.php?id=163
http://www.hsci.harvard.edu/faq
http://www.massgeneral.org/regenmed/forthepublic_faq.htm
http://www.newdrugs.com/stemcells/2006_08_01_archive.html
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/colb/20010801.html
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/01/the_slippery_sl.html
http://atheism.about.com/b/2005/06/04/the-logic-of-opposition-to-stem-cell-research.htm
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/
Stem-cell Research and the Catholic Church
http://www.americancatholic.org/News/StemCell/
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06072709.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week448/perspectives.html
http://catholicism.about.com/od/thechurchintheworld/p/Stem_Cells.htm
Stem Cell Research in Jewish Law
http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/stemcellres.html
http://www.torah.org/features/secondlook/stemcell.html
http://www.aish.com/societyWork/sciencenature/Is_Stem_Cell_Research_Ethical$.asp
Islamic views
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0622/p15s02-wogi.html
http://www.islamicinstitute.org/pressr/news-stem-cell.htm
http://www.crescentlife.com/wellness/stem_cell_research_islamic_perspective.htm

Indigenous American opinions
http://indioheathen.blogspot.com/2006/03/cloning-and-stem-cell-research.html
http://www.religionlink.org/tip_040202b.php
Carrie Gordon Earll is bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family, which opposes all forms of cloning and embryonic stem cell research on grounds that any embryo is a human life. Contact 719-548-5819, [e-mail].
Buddhism
http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v5/n6/full/7400175.html
http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/WhatsNew/Stem_cell_research.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1046974.htm
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=7,1225,0,0,1,0

http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem2.htm
Offers this list:
Lawyers and medical ethicists opposed to embryo stem cell research:
"If one traced the history of a embryo stem cell back however many generations needed to get to its origin, one would find that an embryo was murdered. Since the extraction of the initial stem cells was a violation of NIH policy, any subsequent experimentation using those cells or their descendants is not only immoral but also in violation of government regulations. "
"Those taking a pro-life stance generally believe that an embryo is a human being with a soul. Thus, the act of extracting stem cells from an embryo is murder. Stem cell research has been likened to lampshades made of human skin during the Nazi holocaust. They may be very attractive and useful lampshades; but a person was murdered during their construction.
Linda Bevington, director of research for the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity has stated: "A lot of proponents of the stem-cell research are saying these embryos are extras, and they'll never be implanted, and they're doomed/destined for destruction anyway, so we might as well just take their cells and create some therapies and some good. However, it is possible to adopt those embryos. It's often termed 'rescue surrogacy,' and so those embryos aren't necessarily destined for destruction. They can be implanted, and a healthy baby can be born." A few embryos are "adopted" in this way in the U.S. every month. But many more frozen embryos are being created each month, and there are hundreds of thousands in storage.
Robert George, a professor of moral and political philosophy at Princeton notes that embryos possess the epigenetic primordia for internally directed growth and maturation as distinct, self-integrating, human organisms. Because of this, he regards an embryo as being already and not merely potentially a living member of the human species.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/res_stem2.htm
Right to Life Committee: (Undated): Spokesperson Douglas Johnson said that any embryo destruction of use of stem cells involves the murder of "non-consensual human subjects."