The stem cell controversy involves the destruction of human embryos in order to treat degenerative and genetic diseases. Embryonic cells have the potential to repair tissue damage. They can be used for different types of cells located throughout the body. Human embryos are fertilized eggs that are frozen. The embryo is usually frozen at eight weeks after fertilization. Little babies that already have brain activity and a heartbeat are not asked what they want. They are not considered at all. These little ones have no voice in this world. The stem cell controversy is a morale issue; an issue that every person should be concerned about. Using embryos for research is considered murder and goes against Christian beliefs. "The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life" (Job 33:4). God has created each of us in his image. Only God has the right to take away life.
Using adult stem cells is not as controversial as embryonic because they do not require the use of human embryos. Adult stem cells are taken from the patient's body and grown in a laboratory with the hopes of using them to treat disease or create organs that can be transplanted. The stem cell controversy is not based upon using cells that are taken directly from an adult or even a juvenile. Taking these cells does not cause the death of the person from whom they are taken. But using the cells from a fetus does cause death to the child. Adult stem cells are used because they have the ability to reproduce or go through many cycles of division. The adult cells are self-renewing but are limited compared with embryonic. However, some research has discovered that the cells that are taken from the nose have the potential to develop into different cell types. Other types have been found in the skin, teeth, muscles, blood vessels, bone marrow, heart, brain, stomach, and liver. Scientists hope that ways will be found to manipulate the cells so they can regenerate a patient's cells to treat injuries and disease.
The stem cell controversy includes research that is being done to use the fluid that surrounds the fetus because it contains many different cell types that can be utilized without the destruction of a human embryo. The cell types in this fluid contain cells from muscles, nerves, the liver, blood vessel, bone, and fat. The research being done is bent on providing a resource for tissue repair and for organ repair but at what cost? The removal of this fluid is not supposed to be harmful to the fetus but it makes sense that this fluid is there for a reason. Perhaps this fluid is there to protect the fetus. The thought of helping others who need organs and tissue repair is a noble cause but if society condones this type of experimentation then there is the possibility that cloning will be more readily accepted in the future. The stem cell controversy can lead to more than using cells for disease and repair of tissues. If this becomes acceptable by society then what else can become acceptable to society?
Embryos are often used to assist in reproduction such as in vitro fertilization where the embryo is implanted into a female. The donated egg is fertilized by donated sperm and then implanted in a female with the hopes that the fetus will survive and grow into a precious little baby. Some women who never marry but want children have opted to go this route to have a child. Sometimes the donor couple needs an outside female party to carry the child for them because the donor female is unable to do so. Oftentimes leftover embryos are donated to science for research and development. The argument of some is that these zygotes would be disposed of anyway so why not use them to help others. Many see this as unethical and part of the stem cell controversy. If we use this type of rationalization to use a human fetus for experimentation then what else will we rationalize away?
Parties involved in scientific research make the claims that many of the zygotes related to stem cell controversy have already been aborted by women and would have to be destroyed so why not use them for research and possible treatments to humans. Abortion, being a controversial subject itself, does not justify the act of using a human fetus for experimentation or research. Women who decide to abort a child may find doing so easier if they think that research on the child's stem cells could help to save another's life. This type of thinking is dangerous and immoral. A human life should never be sacrificed for any reason. We should be careful in thinking that we can get away with playing God or making decisions that only God should make.
The case of Roe v. Wade in 1973 found that the fetus is not a person until the child can live outside the mother's womb. With the advances in medical technology a fetus can survive outside the mother's womb around 22 weeks after conception. Medical science acknowledges that life begins at conception as do many people who are pro life. Brain activity begins as early as the sixth week after conception and the heartbeat develops as early as the fifth week after conception. If an embryo is frozen at eight weeks and used for research then that would mean that the child already has a functioning brain and nervous system along with a liver that is making blood. God's Word says that life is in the blood (Deuteronomy 12:23). Thus, the stem cell controversy is understandable. The destruction of a fetus in laboratory research is unethical because this fetus is a baby, a human baby and should be respected as such
Using adult stem cells is not as controversial as embryonic because they do not require the use of human embryos. Adult stem cells are taken from the patient's body and grown in a laboratory with the hopes of using them to treat disease or create organs that can be transplanted. The stem cell controversy is not based upon using cells that are taken directly from an adult or even a juvenile. Taking these cells does not cause the death of the person from whom they are taken. But using the cells from a fetus does cause death to the child. Adult stem cells are used because they have the ability to reproduce or go through many cycles of division. The adult cells are self-renewing but are limited compared with embryonic. However, some research has discovered that the cells that are taken from the nose have the potential to develop into different cell types. Other types have been found in the skin, teeth, muscles, blood vessels, bone marrow, heart, brain, stomach, and liver. Scientists hope that ways will be found to manipulate the cells so they can regenerate a patient's cells to treat injuries and disease.
The stem cell controversy includes research that is being done to use the fluid that surrounds the fetus because it contains many different cell types that can be utilized without the destruction of a human embryo. The cell types in this fluid contain cells from muscles, nerves, the liver, blood vessel, bone, and fat. The research being done is bent on providing a resource for tissue repair and for organ repair but at what cost? The removal of this fluid is not supposed to be harmful to the fetus but it makes sense that this fluid is there for a reason. Perhaps this fluid is there to protect the fetus. The thought of helping others who need organs and tissue repair is a noble cause but if society condones this type of experimentation then there is the possibility that cloning will be more readily accepted in the future. The stem cell controversy can lead to more than using cells for disease and repair of tissues. If this becomes acceptable by society then what else can become acceptable to society?
Embryos are often used to assist in reproduction such as in vitro fertilization where the embryo is implanted into a female. The donated egg is fertilized by donated sperm and then implanted in a female with the hopes that the fetus will survive and grow into a precious little baby. Some women who never marry but want children have opted to go this route to have a child. Sometimes the donor couple needs an outside female party to carry the child for them because the donor female is unable to do so. Oftentimes leftover embryos are donated to science for research and development. The argument of some is that these zygotes would be disposed of anyway so why not use them to help others. Many see this as unethical and part of the stem cell controversy. If we use this type of rationalization to use a human fetus for experimentation then what else will we rationalize away?
Parties involved in scientific research make the claims that many of the zygotes related to stem cell controversy have already been aborted by women and would have to be destroyed so why not use them for research and possible treatments to humans. Abortion, being a controversial subject itself, does not justify the act of using a human fetus for experimentation or research. Women who decide to abort a child may find doing so easier if they think that research on the child's stem cells could help to save another's life. This type of thinking is dangerous and immoral. A human life should never be sacrificed for any reason. We should be careful in thinking that we can get away with playing God or making decisions that only God should make.
The case of Roe v. Wade in 1973 found that the fetus is not a person until the child can live outside the mother's womb. With the advances in medical technology a fetus can survive outside the mother's womb around 22 weeks after conception. Medical science acknowledges that life begins at conception as do many people who are pro life. Brain activity begins as early as the sixth week after conception and the heartbeat develops as early as the fifth week after conception. If an embryo is frozen at eight weeks and used for research then that would mean that the child already has a functioning brain and nervous system along with a liver that is making blood. God's Word says that life is in the blood (Deuteronomy 12:23). Thus, the stem cell controversy is understandable. The destruction of a fetus in laboratory research is unethical because this fetus is a baby, a human baby and should be respected as such
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