07-27-2006, 03:43 PM | #1 |
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Stem Cell Research vs. The Morning After Pill
Is there a moral difference between the two? Both destroy unplanted human embryos. There is more on the table than that, but if the sanctity of human life is what drives the morality question on these issues, isn't this the key similarity?
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07-27-2006, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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I'm okay with the Morning after pill, seeing it as a form of anti-implanation, IUD.
I'm okay with stem cell research, but I don't see it as a big deal that federal funding for embryonic stem cell research is not continued. Much ado about nothing.
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07-27-2006, 08:14 PM | #4 |
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Destroys embryos?
Can a medical doctor please teach us what the pre-embryonic stage is? |
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If you think that an unimplanted embryo is a person, then I don't know what the distinction is. I will cop out by saying that I don't know, and doubt frankly, whether an unimplanted embryo is a person so in my world one is human and one may ot may not be. What think ye?
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You'll be surprised to find out how misleading the idea of 'embryonic' stem cell research is. |
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07-27-2006, 10:45 PM | #8 |
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Would Embryonic research be conducted upon aborted fetuses? If so, would it add an economic incentive for abortion? Would federal dollars be used to provide this incentive? If not, correct me.
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'Embryonic' stem cell research does not exist. The stem cells studied are cells that exist before the egg becomes a embryo. This is what happens: a. Sperm and egg unite, conception occurs. b. Fertilized egg travels down the tubes of a woman. c. Egg plants into the wall of a woman's uterus. (24-48 hours after conception) d. Germ layers form around the egg, it is now a zygote. e. The zygote rapidly increases in size, and three germ layers are formed from these germ layers come all the things needed for a human, the 'embryonic' stem cell research is the study of this period of gestation. (We are now at the 14 day mark) f. After a little bit certain characteristics are discernable in the zygote, and it turns from a zygote to a chordate. (chordate is an important word) g. From week three to eight we are chordates and are in the embryonic stage of life. The development of the human is well under way. h. After about eight weeks on we graduate from being chordates and are now a fetuses. |
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