Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research Should Be Illegal?
Opponents Argue That the Research Is Unethical, Because Deriving the Stem Cells Destroys the Blastocyst, an Unimplanted Human Embryo at the Sixth to Eighth Day...
Opponents argue that the research is unethical, because deriving the stem cells destroys the blastocyst, an unimplanted human embryo at the sixth to eighth day of development. As Bush declared when he vetoed last year's stem cell bill, the federal government should not support “the taking of innocent human life.”
Why is embryonic stem cell research illegal?
Illegal: Current federal law enacted by Congress is clear in prohibiting "research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death." Embryonic stem cell research requires the destruction of live human embryos to obtain their stem cells.
Why embryonic stem cells should not be used?
However, human embryonic stem cell (HESC) research is unethical since it results in the destruction of human life for research purposes. ... HESC research is morally wrong since it is the direct destruction of innocent human life and does not benefit the individual embryo undergoing the research (3).
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