Embryonic stem cell research is one of the most controversial issues in the United States today. The government and country’s Catholics have had several disputes about if the research should be allowed to take place. The government is looking at the possible outcome of the research. While Catholics believe that embryonic stem cell research is wrong and the embryos should have the same rights as any other living well being. Though a catholic would disagree: in my opinion embryonic stem cell research should be carried out based on the fact it could possibly lead to to treatmemt of serious diseases.
This depants on personal view of personhood. If one believes that a foetus has a personhood, it gives him a moral status. So,if a foetus is a person, to terminate it, means to murder it. There are also different view on at which stage of feutus development, it becomes a person. Some people believe that when the ovum is fertilised by sperm it becomes an embryo and because it contains a unique selction of genetic information, the embryo is a person.
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Michael Phan & Jeniene Hassan Cons: “Is stem cell research ethical?.....” Abstract Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to regenerate malfunctioning tissues and replace harmful cancer cells. Although it holds the potential to alleviate malicious disabilities and diseases, it raises ethical concerns due to the destruction of a fertilized human embryo. In certain religions (Catholics and Christians), embryonic stem cell research is detested due to the destruction of a human at its early stages of life (embryo). On the other hand, scientists believe that embryonic stem cells can “someday…used to treat human diseases.” (Hansen 879) This analysis on embryonic stem cell research will consider
He discredits the argument that, ”marriage is fundamentally a procreative unit” (Stoddard 738). The government tries to rectify not allowing same sex marriage to be legal because marriage is supposed to be a procreative unit. People should be entitled to love and marry whomever it is that they choose. The government tries to justify their standing on gay marriage by acknowledging the fact that same sex couples would not be able to birth a child together. If this is in fact a valuable reason to prevent someone from marrying, then why doesn’t the government create a law banning all women and men who cannot or will not have children from being able to legally marry.
(USA Today, 2003) Santorum went on to say "The ultimate objective here is to drive faith out of the public square, to drive morality out of the laws of this country, to secularize our society with a different set of values. "(USA Today, 2003) found in the (Huffington Post, 2011) Here are some things that people feel are reasons for not legalizing gay marriages also, found in an essay by: Scott Bidstrup, 2009. 1. Marriage is for procreation, 2. Same-sex couples aren't the optimum environment in which to raise children, 3.
Abortion is a very controversial and very debatable issue today. Its an issue where ethics, emotions and law come together. The two different point of views towards abortion are “pro-life” and “pro-choice”. A pro-choicer person would feel that [Use a form of "believe," which is more accurate (and not a cliché)] the decision to abort a pregnancy is the mother's choice. A pro-lifer is someone who feels that [Use a form of "believe," which is more accurate (and not a cliché)] from the point of development of the embryo that baby is alive and aborting it is like murder.
I am a devout Catholic and that is definite reason that has influenced my opion in my feelings about abortion. In my opion the man has half the right to deiced if the fetus should be aborted. If a man can be incarcerated for fetal homicide then why should a women be allowed to have an abortion because logically it cant be homicide if the women doesn’t die because the fetus is a part of the women’s body not a separate identnaty. Who are we to say that the fetus is human or not, it has always been human why have we changed this is it to suite what is easier to us. If it isn’t human any more than can some one please send me the memo.
Research cloning would be used mainly to reproduce embryos for their stem cells. B. Reproductive cloning would be used to create humans for infertile or homosexual couples. This is considered immoral even by pro-cloning advocates C. Both Research cloning is used primarily to harvest embryonic stem cells. A.
Some may say that it should be allowed because it allows rape victims to abort an unwanted child. They would argue that she was impregnated against her will, therefore, they hold the right to abort the fetus before it developes too much. However, absolutists would argue that abortion is wrong no matter what because it is taking a human life. They would also argue that they are taking a life before it has a chance to experience the world. Relative Ethics allows people to understand why they take the actions they do.
Pope John Paul II described abortion as a sign of “encroaching culture of death that threatens human dignity and freedom” (Zastrwon & Kirst-Ashman, 2013). Abortion is worse than ordinary murder, principally, because it involves the betrayal of a dependent by a natural guardian (Stith, 2009). An example of religion being a bias in society involves a Catholic University. Marquette University has formally decided to decline an abortion rights group on campus, though they do sanction an anti-abortion group. Catholics for a Free Choice contended that they should be allowed to add another voice, but the school has chosen to stick to religious and moral beliefs and deny the group opportunity.