What is the argument against stem cell research?
Some opponents of stem cell research argue that it offends human dignity or harms or destroys human life. Proponents argue that easing suffering and disease promotes human dignity and happiness, and that destroying a blastocyst is not the same as taking a human life.
How many embryos are destroyed for stem cell research?
For every embryo that is donated to others, more than 100 embryos are discarded. Currently, more than 400,000 embryos are frozen in fertility clinics, and most will eventually be discarded.
Is stem cell research wrong?
There are no ethical or moral concerns with the appropriate use of adult stem cells. However, human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research is unethical since it results in the destruction of human life for research purposes.
How are aborted fetuses used in stem cell therapy?
From Vaccines to Regenerative Medicine Companies such as NeuralStem Inc. have developed cells taken from aborted fetuses into possible therapies. They’re testing some now in people with crushed spinal cords who cannot walk, to see if the cells can grow over the injury and restore the nerve connections.
Is it wrong to destroy an embryo?
Once embryos have been produced, it is permissible to destroy them in research, provided that they are unwanted and that the parents consent. Therefore, in producing embryos for research, we produce them with the intention of treating them in permissible ways. It is difficult to see what could be wrong with that.
What is controversial about stem cells?
Stem cell debates have motivated and reinvigorated the anti-abortion movement, whose members are concerned with the rights and status of the human embryo as an early-aged human life. They believe that embryonic stem cell research profits from and violates the sanctity of life and is tantamount to murder.