Essay About Stem Cell Research And Religious View

Stem Cell Research
Essay title: Stem Cell Research
There is a great dilemma today in our society involving stem cell research.
Although research involving stem cells would be incredibly affective in aiding
all types of ailments, it is extremely controversial in both our religious and
legal systems. The stem cells that would be most helpful come from embryos and
in a religious view, this is taking life and wrong. After the 2004 election,
the amount of stem cells that the government allowed scientists to do research
on, was restricted as well.
People that are sick today could be aided by stem cells but not enough research
is being done to help the people of right now. This is really disturbing that
things could be done for sick people and they’re not being done because of what
I would call “old fashioned” ethics. If more research was underway right now
then little Jacob, mentioned in the article, “Full Stem Ahead” by Christen
Brownlee, could be walking very soon. In the past, this technology was not at
our fingertips and now that it is we should be taking full advantage of it to
help little boys like Jacob.
In the future, if stem cell research expands, great things will happen. Type
one diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Osteoporosis, and heart disease could all
potentially be cured. People living in pain in the future will have a way to
fix it. That is, if government regulations lessen in time. In my opinion, they
will because stem cell research is in fact, the future.
The religious view of stem cell research is that it is taking life. That these
embryos could potentially be people, life. In my opinion, this is wrong. It
would be giving life to people that are already here. Religious opinion also
believes that any form of contraceptive is wrong. In this this opinion couldn’t
masterbatory secretions of males be considered wasting life, and couldn’t a
woman who menstruates and wastes an egg be taking potential life also? When do
these religious morals stop? The positive factors of stem cell research far
outweigh religious beliefs. The reason that the government has decided to put a
damper on the stem cell research is because the President and many of the people
that voted for him are in fact religious and conservative. If Kerry had come
into office, stem cell research would have expanded because of the more liberal
views of the democratic party. Unfortunately, this is not the case. There are
now only 22 lines of stem cells remaining for scientific use.
There is only good to come out of stem cell research but I do have some worries
for the far future. It would be wonderful if people in wheelchairs could walk
again like little Jacob, but as with other resources that out world has, people
tend to go to far or take advantage of them. I would worry that an almost
perfect human race could be formed through the use of stem cell research in the
far future. At first, this sounds like a great idea, but if you really think
about it, it is not. Our world is already overly populated. What would happen
if every sick person could be cured? Our population would expand even more and
outweigh the amounts of resources that we now possess. Also, there would be no
diversity, everyone could potentially be the same. A perfect race. This is far
fetched, but how far fetched? The are already using hormones to make