Persuasive Essay On Embryonic Stem Cells

Stem cell research is one of the most controversial topics, people oppose it because they think that the destruction of an embryo is the same as abortion. They believe that the embryo constitutes life because it has the potential to fully develop into a human being. I personally think that life begins when the baby takes its first breath out of the womb. Once a baby is aborted, it is going to be deposed of. So, if it is going to be wasted, then why not use the stem cells from the embryos to help people? Also, it is important to do research on embryonic stem cells because it increases our knowledge on how cancer and birth defects form. Plus, these cells are undifferentiated, allowing them to be used in all parts of the body, giving them the

potential to cure hundreds of diseases with the use of all of the different cells that can be created from them. Another advantage is that embryonic stem cells are very similar to cancerous cells, so studying these cells will likely progress in cancer research.
One big reason that people are opposed to embryonic stem cell research, is that “people should not be messing with human life.”.

These embryos have already been created and can either be destroyed or used for research, destroying them would simply be a waste of resources. And if we were to truly stick to the fact that “humans should not be messing with human life”, then we really shouldn't be performing any surgeries or anything of that nature. Because we are technically messing with life, and playing God in a way. If an elderly needed a new heart to survive, would you deny him/her because “we shouldn't be messing with human life”? You have to make the decision if doing embryonic stem cell research is worth all the advances that it could potentially bring. Also, something that could potentially become a human does not have to be treated as if it actually were a person. The embryo has no morals, personal feelings, beliefs, desires, expectations, aims, it doesn't even know its alive. The embryo is just another part of your body until it has developed enough to survive on its own. It is the woman’s property in a way, if she chooses to abort the baby and give the embryo to science for research, then its her choice. Same as if you want to sell one of your kidneys, it is your body, and your

choice.
After 14 days, the embryo can no longer split into multiple humans. Before day 14, the embryo has no nervous system so it is equivalent to a patient who was been declared brain dead. If it is okay to use the deceases healthy body parts to do transplants, then why is it not okay to use the unborn embryos cells? The cells don't come straight from an aborted fetus, they are just a cluster of cells. Many religious groups believe in embryo stem cell research, for example Protestants. Also, most Islamic and Jews do not consider a young embryo to be a human being.