Posted by Camille Dumont on May 28, 2005, at 20:52:50
In reply to Whats wrong with stem cell research, posted by alexandra_k on May 28, 2005, at 19:16:27
I think its mainly because of pro-life issues.
If on the one side people argue that an embryo is a human being, even when it is composed of only a few cells and that at the same time they allow scientists to create those very cells that an embryo is built from (my understand, I'm no biologist so I may be wrong) then perhaps they might think that it will weaken their stance on the abortion front.
If you argue that bunch of cells have rights, then its hard to justify scientific experimentation on similar bunches of cells.
That being said, I really do hope that they further research in that field. It does seem very promissing in the battle with many debilitating and invasive diseases.
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