Stem_Cell_Research

Stem Cell Research Stem Cell Research: Promise or Peril' Stem cell research has been one of the most debated issues of the year. It is a subject that has divided political parties, governments and religions. Though there are rewards and benefits to stem cell research, the moral and ethical ramifications behind it are causing a paradigm shift. Though I view the situation as a clear-cut ethical debate, many scientists view stem cell research as a means by which to better our society. But how can the taking of innocent unborn lives for experimental purpose be a tool to improving society' Taking stem cells from a human embryo requires the destruction of that human life. From the moment a sperm and egg cell meet, a life is formed. The simple fact that stem cells are extracted from unborn fetuses has tied the issue of stem cell research into that of abortion. Many pro-life supporters fear that the use of federal funding for stem cell research will in turn condone abortion. The pope, in an address to President Bush on July 23, 2001 says, “A free and virtuous society, which America aspires to be, must reject practices that devalue and violate human life at any stage, stem, life, research, cell, human, society, lives, unborn, though, taking, right, president, others, embryos, cells, america, 2001, world, view, unconscionable, supporters, says, save, one, natural, means, find, fact, even, ethical, embryonic, die, destruction, death, culture, being