There are many ethical concerns that come along with embryonic stem cell research. There are three ways that the scientist get embryos for research, they get them frozen from reproduction senators, they make a sperm and ova, or they make cloned embryos. In order to conduct embryonic stem cell research you need an embryo. An embryo is a human fertilized egg in the early stages. According to Stem Cell Research Parish Education Program, “ fertilization represents the beginning of a new human life distinct from that of the parents.”An embryo should be treated as a person. SCNT stands for Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. SCNT is when the scientist take out the nucleus of the egg and …show more content…
When a catholic church heard about this they made a moral stance. Their reasoning is that having people do research on a fetuses that was just killed will make people think that abortion is good. The church believes that you are killing a human when you abort a fetus. It is just a different method than killing them with a gun or any other way. They do not want people to think that abortion is good because it is benefiting the human race. The scientist are seeking the benefit of other people's wrongdoing. Using aborted fetuses for stem cell research is benefit of other people's