But I came across an article that linked to the Oprah page (boo..) and it was a recent episode that she had Dr. Oz and Michael J. Fox on to talk about Parkinson's and the Stem Cell debate.
I already expressed my views on embryonic stem cell research and people like Fox and Christopher Reeve pleading for it in my past blog : http://johnsamanthahodge.blogspot.com/2009/03/there-is-no-good.html.
In short, I have always thought killing innocent babies to experiment, to possibly relieve someone else's discomfort is evil and counterproductive; a total result of today's hedonist society.
Well, according to this Dr. Oz, the debate is over because science is very close to being able to simply take an adult's cells to cure them of diseases, which is a lot more dependable since embryonic cells can and do morph into cancerous cells. Who knows how trustworthy (or sane) this Dr. Oz guy is. After all, Oprah is the one who brought us Dr. Phil. But even if this information weren't true, any kind of utilization of human embryos is wrong.
The desire and ambition to help the needy and cure the sick is a very American quality. But not at the expense of human life. It isn't fair to deem one group of humans as disposable, or better yet usable for the betterment of another group. I hope this does actually end the use of embryos for stem cell use. Then maybe we could learn to treat a fetus like it's definition: a young human.
BTW,here is a great article on the subject of Stem Cell Research by Greg Koukl:
You have to have a human being before you can get human stem cells.
Here is an excerpt from it:
To say that an embryo goes from an embryo after a certain level of development into a human being is to create a kind of category error, it is mixing terms. It is kind of like saying this thing went from a ten-day-old to a young rabbit. A ten-day-old what? Well, a ten-day-old baby rabbit into a young rabbit. These are terms that represent two different categories of things. To be clear about these things, we have to acknowledge that distinction. So when we say embryo, we are talking about a stage of development, we are not talking about the thing.
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There is a group of physicians, patients and other interested people working together to get treatment with adult stem cells legalized in the U.S. as it should be. The organization was formed in response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent position that the adult stem cells found in everyone’s body are drugs. A person's cells (autologous) should be their own and NOT regulated by the FDA. That is one of the major reasons why most stem cell clinics are overseas. This stance is ridiculous and is costing millions of lives while sick Americans wait for the use of their own stem cells which would improve their quality of life. The FDA is not protecting us, but hurting us. Please ask your family and friends to sign up ("JOIN"), and get as many doctors to sign up as well. Please see The American Stem Cell Therapy Association (ASCTA) site, and the associated Safe Stem Cells Now patient site.
Patient Site: www.safestemcells.orgPhysician Site: www.stemcelldocs.org
yeah, I have no problem with people using their own cells with their own DNA to possibly treat themselves. The problem is when they treat other human beings (albeit a defenseless, voiceless, tiny human) with their own DNA, like they are disposable. as long as the ASCTA does not support embryonic research, i will support them. thanks for commenting.
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