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| Thread ID: 85618 | 2007-12-16 06:50:00 | Do you support Stem Cell Research? | radium (8645) | PC World Chat |
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| 621725 | 2007-12-16 09:43:00 | I understand your point, but the way I see it an embryo, is not a human. I kind of agree with that statement. I still wouldn't like to see an embryo harmed for the sake of research though. If an embryo is not human, does that therefore mean that it is acceptable to exploit it? |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 621726 | 2007-12-16 09:51:00 | I If an embryo is not human, does that therefore mean that it is acceptable to exploit it? Well yes, it can't feel any physical pain and it could benefit so many people. |
radium (8645) | ||
| 621727 | 2007-12-16 10:18:00 | As I understand it, such research involves embryos which wouldn't become live births, anyway. Fertility clinics grow multiple egg/sperm embryos & usually transplant 2 or 3 into the prospective mother. The remainder are kept only until successful pregnancy occurs - then usually destroyed. (There is no suggestion of medical research using embryos which would otherwise become babies) These are tiny clumps of cells which - to put it bluntly - are spares. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 621728 | 2007-12-16 10:20:00 | yet another poll that needs a fence-sitter option, but i'm 100% behind all scientific medical research stem cell research has gotten to the point now when we can harvest them from parts of the human body without complications - which is better than using embryos anyway because any tissues grown will be transplantable back into the patient without any need for immuno-suppressants or risk of rejection. and if it's not ok to terminate a embryo which is nothing near concious only on the basis of it being a potential life, then it isn't ok to abort babies either. but seeing as we do abort babies (which imo should be both parents' choice), and many babes miscarriage, why can't we harvest from those embryos for research? seems like some religious groups opposed to the idea without considering it; i notice high preist, i mean president bush has vetoed bills to legalise stem cell research many times |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 621729 | 2007-12-16 10:46:00 | Another single-mindedly pointless poll, voted mainly by people who haven't got a clue about what the controversies are. :groan: | Greg (193) | ||
| 621730 | 2007-12-16 11:14:00 | well do enlighten us to the error in our ways the world may be flat after all:p |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 621731 | 2007-12-16 13:54:00 | well do enlighten us to the error in our ways the world may be flat after all:pPeople are confusing the research with human embryo stem research, which is where 99% of the controversy lies. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 621732 | 2007-12-16 18:46:00 | Most definitely for anything that can enhance or save life. Even if it only saves one life it has to be worth it. But it has the potential to save many thousands of lives. Good on you, Doc! | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 621733 | 2007-12-16 19:26:00 | Laura has got it right. (post #13) Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 621734 | 2007-12-17 03:41:00 | Depends how the stem cells are obtained. I'm against harming embryos for the sake of medical research. Oh dear,will you ever say the right thing? All that education gone to waste. |
Cicero (40) | ||
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