Going Against Morals

Many people for moral reasons or due to religious beliefs don't believe in stem cell research. Looking beyond individuals with their personal morals, John Wagner, a clinical researcher at the University of Minnesota stated, "every discovery with [embryonic stem] cells has furthered our work with stem cells from umbilical cord blood or adult tissues." Going against this science research will stop (for example) cancer patients from getting better faster and having an easier/more effective solution to their illness. John Medelsohn, the head of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Texas said that federal funding might have the unintended consequence of creating financial incentives that would encourage the creation of frozen embryos in order to destroy them. The controversy of having people "kill" a living embryo is the equivalent to killing a human being. After hours and hours of research, George W. Bush stated, "we're tinkering with the boundaries of life here". Personally, I don't think and embryo and a living, breathing human being are incomparable with which is more valuable. I understand that it's a hard decision to say which is more important than the other, but I believe that saving a life that has the potential to get better if stem cell is performed is more important. "They are not a person. They are not alive," insisted Doug Melton. An embryo hasn't experienced life and if it never does if it should be used to an equally important cause, saving a life. George W. Bush has also said, "This is too important an issue to take polls about. I am going to decide this based on what I believe is right."