Stem Cell Research: Ethical or Immoral?

My research video argument for my writing 160 class.

This video is for educational purposes only. Sources are listed at the end of the video.

Just a minor FYI: This was for a class. I did not ever intend for this video to reach more than a couple of views by my teacher and maybe a few classmates. Now that it is at 7k+ views I feel as though I should state that this video was meant to be informative, not rage inducing. I created this video in early 2010, therefore this video (I forget what all is in it, I haven't viewed it in a while) maybe be quite outdated. Thank you for viewing my project.

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[sobutterfly1]

awesome! do u mind if i use some info from this for a biol paper? of course ill cite u :)

[Lkitty18]

@sobutterfly1 Go for it! There are also a few references at the end of the video.

[eajoseph217]

Fuck religion. Religion ruins EVERYTHING in this world. To think that most of these "Christians" and "Catholics" take medicine for their high BP/cancer/MS/Diabetes, etc... But they say doctors/biologists/scientists are "playing God". Welp, if 'God' gave them the disease, "who" are THEY to disagree with "him" and try to fix it? I can't believe we pay attention to these asshole-religious-hypocrites. (bring on the hate mail. I dare you)

[Vire70]

How can we resolve the moral dilemma? It's easy. Just realize that the entire 'debate' is a laughable joke perpetuated by religious nut-jobs who have not the faintest understanding of the biology involved. Proceed to laugh hysterically at their idiocy and engage in ridicule.

[elbasrever]

Idiots, The Bible tells you God breathes life into the nostrils of the fetus, nostrils which arent developed untill after a few weeks...

People really need to put aside their dumbfounded claims and let advances occur.

From a Muslim.

[jimmyhoffa9]

I'm an athiest. does that mean religion should be banned? nope. They say its an ethical issue, and maybe it is. but if there's a kid who's paralysed from the waist down shouldn't he be given the chance if he wanted, to recieve a stem cell implant? Not giving a child the chance to live as easily as us is an ethical issue far more serious than "killing" embyro's.

[stephoct8]

@OptimalElement EXACTLY

[OptimalElement]

I guess every ejaculation is genocide then...

[mafarmerga]

The argument is often made that the creation of Hesc involves the "destruction" of an embryo.

I disagree. It involves the "transformation" of an embryo, and in that transformed state those human cells live on for the betterment of mankind.

What DOES destroy an embryo is a couple's decision to have extra IVF embryos thrown away or autoclaved.

Is it not better to transform these valuable cells than it is to destroy them?

[puggymonster]

You ask, "how can we resolve the moral dilemma?". If you research Advanced Cell Technology, you'll find they have their patented "Blastomere" technique which enables them to extract a hESC without harming the embryo.