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Stem Cell Research…Would you agree?
I am all for Umbilical Cord Stem Cell research, not embryonic stem cell research. I hate the debates right now in Congress about the morality of stem cell research! Creating a national stem cell blood bank (umbilical cord blood) just like the regular blood bank would save lives. Umbilical stem cells do not take life away, it aides in saving lives. What doesn’t the government get? Your opion?
Hundreds of excess embryos are destroyed every day during the process of in-vitro fertilization (to ensure viable embryos 10 times the number needed are created). Proponents of embryonic stem cell research just want to use the stem cells from the embryos before they are destroyed. Also, embryonic stem cells are different than umbilical stem cells in that they have not been genetically predisposed to a certain purpose, and thus they provide a significantly greater research opportunity.
For me the hypocrisy lies in the fact that it seems to be okay to destroy numerous embryos if one life is created, but it isn’t okay to use those same embryos that are destined for destruction to save other lives…
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