Stem Cell Research Speeches

With all the wicked problems our country goes through, we are always questioning ourselves if we are doing the right or wrong thing. For this report I will be talking about the United States Health Care. Specifically, I will be focusing on what exactly stem cells are and the ideological perspectives of the conservative and liberal ideas about stem cell research in America. Stem cell research has become a big issue in the scientific and religious communities in the United States. You may be asking yourself what is stem cell research. First I will go over what stem cells are so you can get an understanding of them. I watched a video about stem cells on YouTube by The Irish Stem Cell Foundation. They explained what stem cells are very well …show more content…
I would have to say I am in between the two sides. The conservative’s reasons seemed morally right to me and I do not support the killing of embryos since they should be considered a human life. But I do agree with the liberals that more funding should go into research, but more too adult stem cells than embryo stem cells because adult stem cells seem to get better results. I actually did not know there were different types of stem cell before this report, so the idea that some conservatives support stem cell research caught me by surprise. I always thought conservatives rejected all types of stem cell research, but I guess I was wrong. I thought it was interesting that adult stem cells are being used to treat certain health problems and embryonic stem cells have yet to treat a disease but people still support embryonic stem cells. My mom actually had a stem cell treatment not too long ago. About this time last year my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is the type of person that always prefers natural/organic methods. So when doctors told her she should consider “western medicine” for example, chemotherapy and other medications she decided not to go through with that method. Her sister who is an alternative doctor in the Philippines recommended she should try the adult stem cell treatment. So she went to the Philippines for the treatment and stayed there for several months. When she came back, she was good as could be and she seemed a lot more active than before. She told us she felt more energized. She got another CT scan when she got back and the results said the cancer shrunk and now she is just taking a minimal dose of medication to maintain the current size and possibly reduce the cancer. After seeing how stem cells helped my mom, I believe with more research and public funding, doctors and scientist will be able to find many more cures for health