argumentative for stem cell research

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Stem Cell Research

Stem cell research offers mankind the potentials of a better life and health , among which is the promise to improve the situation of those who suffer from such diseases as Alzheimer 's which caused the death of former President Ronald Reagan in 1994 . While other countries such as Britain , Japan and Korea have embarked on , and are now engaged in stem cell research , the future of stem cell research in the United States remains to be uncertain because

of several issues that are raised against it . It is however argued that stem cell research should be supported because the views of the opposition which seek to demerit the potentials and benefits of the stem cell research are ungrounded and fallacious . These ungrounded contentions are herein pointed out , refuted and discussed

Those who are against stem cell research contend that the process of deriving embryonic cells from embryos entails and constitutes murder of human life in its early form . Opposition , which mainly comes from pro-lifers and conservative religious groups like the Roman Catholic Church and several other protestant churches contend that using stem cells means deriving benefit from the destruction of human embryos--fertilized eggs in the early stages of development--in their eyes no less a crime than abortion (Lacayo . Some of those who oppose legal abortion in the United States , are therefore also opposed to stem cell research because for them , both involves destroying what they claim as human life in its early stage of development . Deriving stem cell culture , for this group of people , entails killing human embryos making the scientists and researchers who use embryonic cells guilty of murdering innocent human lives

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Thus , oppositionist views seem to consider that embryos are purposely killed by researchers so as to be able to conduct the research

A through analysis of the contentions of the opposition that stem cell research entails destroying human life in its early stage shows that their arguments are merely based on biased thought if not faulty reasoning . For one , stem cell research is not the same as abortion such that abortion involves the intentional removal and extermination of human embryos whereas the embryos used in stem cell research are excess and surplus embryos that are already bound to be discarded by IVF clinics where they are taken with consent . While abortion is the intentional termination of human life by the mother or parents of the child , death of embryos in fertility clinics are commenced by several factors such as equipment failure , infection and /or human error or other unforeseen and uncontrollable factors , which may result in the loss of or damage to the embryos ( In Vitro ) HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /In_vitro_fertilization " \l "_note-4 " \o . Thus , the surplus embryos used in stem cell research are not intentionally killed for the purpose of the research they die during the course of IVF procedures

Stem cell research does not also entail murder . A knowledge regarding the...