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Discussion Response: Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Given that abortion and fertility treatments that result in the nonuse of some embryos is legal in our nation, to prohibit putting the embryos discarded in such technology to good use, in a way that can save human lives not only seems absurd, but contradictory. I do not really believe that it is an ethical debate, but that the issue has become symbolically significant on a political level for some elements of the religious right. Opposing stem cell research has become a kind of litmus test for right-wing politicians, regardless of whether they -- or their conservative constituents -- understand the full implications of the technology. The main issues that embryonic stem cell research raise, and the prohibitions surrounding it, are the questions of the difficulties in having non-scientists consider legislation about issues surrounding technology that they often do not understand.
When viewing the potential gains from the technology, and the moral cost of denying people suffering from terrible, debilitating illnesses the full power of medical research because of the religiously-based objections of people who hold a very narrow definition of when life begins (but show little concern about people living with Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's, etcetera), supporting stem cell research to be seems like a clear-cut decision.
Discussion Response: Abortion don't think abortion should be ethical dilemma for 'Americans,' but only for the American women contemplating an abortion. No woman (or at least, hardly any woman) considers having an abortion lightly. It is a personal, not a political decision. No government can make a decision that a woman must go through the pain, stress, and emotional and physical trauma of an unwanted pregnancy. But no father can, either. Could a father compel a woman he impregnated to risk her life, but not his, in a pregnancy (because all pregnancies carry some risk)? Could he force a woman to have an abortion she did not want, because he did not want to have a child? After birth, the parents have equal rights over the life of their child. But before birth, in a world where visibly unwed mothers are still prohibited in some areas from going to the same high schools as their peers, and where men do not incur the physical and social stigma of having unwanted children, abortion must always be the woman's choice and a woman's choice alone.
Although these stem cells are only a few years old, they possess unlimited potential in terms of clinical research. Specifically, scientists are focusing their potential uses in transplant medicine in order to significantly reduce the level of both infections and overall organ rejection in organ transplant surgery. The potential for using stem cells is of vast clinical and medical importance. These cells could potentially allow scientists to learn what occurs
Peer Responses Peer 1 Chieyka Damage to the brain and subsequent recovery is an interesting topic, and as you point out it is often affected most by age and functional recovery instead of structural recovery (Wilson, 2013). That is an important point because it shows that structural integrity is not everything—a lot of what matters is how functioning and how old the person is. Relearning skills lost can be easier for younger
Abstract Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia, while Parkinson’s disease is known as a debilitating neurodegenerative disease that affects significantly more men than women. The two disorders have some similar symptoms but are also very different. With regards to treatment, no standard intervention has been developed for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disorder. The only existing drugs are those that address some of the symptoms. Likewise, there is no standard therapy
Ethical Issues Surrounding Abortion Notwithstanding the laws being passed in various states against a woman's right to chose to terminate her pregnancy, the position of this paper is that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and a woman has the ethical and moral right to decide to have an abortion. There are many positions for and against Roe v. Wade, and there are many ethical issues that may
With the production of Dolly, we also entered a vast technological frontier of possibilities. The cloned sheep "was born after nuclear transfer from a mammary gland cell, the first mammal to develop from a cell derived from adult tissue." Taking a cell containing 98 per cent of the DNA, or its genetic blueprint, from the udder of a six-year-old adult sheep, they fused it to the egg of another
Ileana Final Portfolio Bioethics Final This portfolio documents performance of key class and personal objectives for HU280-01: Bioethics 1103C, specifically analytical skill building, knowledge acquisition and practical application. The samples demonstrate achievement by presenting excerpts from submitted assignments, Discussion and Seminar interactions, interactions with the instructor and reflections on progress mastering central concepts, ideas and perspectives in bioethics. This work demonstrates a progression from identification, synthesis and recapitulation of selected relevant ethical