Stem Cell Research- Good or Bad?


This is a very ‘hot button’ issue that keeps arising in the face of politicians everywhere in the country.  What if anything should the government involve itself in for the issues of stem cell research?  How far should the government press into the fields of medical science research?  Should the government interfere at all, or stand back and come up with laws to handle the consequences of such research?

It comes into question, how many ordinary Americans really know and understand what stem cell research is, how it can effect our lives, and what does it have the ability to do in the future?  With topics such as abortion being very hot and causing pressures on all sides, it only seems natural that stem cell research should cause just as much controversy.  Many supporters argue that the research gathered will be able to save millions of lives, while those opposing the research all argue that they are killing thousands of innocent children in the process. 

This brings the question, where do the embryos come from?  The majority of the embryos used in the research come from couples that have donated them, following a treatment for infertility; there are often 10 or more embryos left over after such procedures, which can be put to use in the laboratory environment.  The options for those embryos are limited; they can be preserved, adopted to a needy couple, destroyed, or donated to medical research. 

The embryos are only a few mere days past conception when they are frozen, and are unable to sustain life in any form on their own.From a legal standpoint, they are not living humans, and are not an infant since legally an embryo becomes an infant once the first breath of air is taken.  This leaves the questions of who has the right to determine what can happen to them.

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