The Pros And Cons Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

People have always believed that Embryonic Stem Cell Research has the potential to lead to great medical discoveries that may allow the recreation of medicine. Through embryonic stem cell research, stem cells can be created and modified so that these cells can transform into specific cells that may be used to treat incurable diseases, or create therapies for incurable diseases, such as diabetes. However, there are also several ethical issues that are looked down upon by various civilian and medical communities. Specifically, the harvest and destroy human embryos in order to obtain the embryonic stem cells needed for research. To opponents of embryonic stem cell research, the harvesting and destruction of human embryos is the equivalent to killing prenatal fetuses which leads to uncertainty on the cost of embryonic stem cell research. There have also been several varying views from religious communities, such as Islamic countries, Jewish communities, and the Catholic Church. Both Islamic countries and Jewish communities have completely supported the idea of stem cell research since but, the Catholic Church have seemed to be completely against the idea of embryonic stem cell research. Nevertheless, the debate on stem cell research has several sides where each side has different views and …show more content…
One specific issue with embryonic stem cell research is that human embryos are required to be harvested and destroyed in order to obtain the embryonic stem cells that are vital for research. In the primary source “Ethical and Social Considerations of Embryonic Stem Cell Research” Anne Mclaren, the author of this article and a current English geneticist, bioethicist and graduate of the university of Oxford, describes