Stem Cell Research and Yaz

¶ … Stem Cell Research and Yaz

REBUTTAL: YAZ

Every woman has the right to make the decision that determines when she conceives a child. Yaz is one of millions of medications readily available on the market and as with all medications there is an inherent risk in consuming it. Each day millions of individuals take medications that carry some sort of risk. Some of these risks are mild and some are severe, but it is up to that individual to decide the best course of action for their situation. As long as pharmaceutical companies practice full disclosure, making sure to reveal all the benefits and risks of taking Yaz, then we should not deny women access to use the medication. Contrary to what many who advocate a ban on Yaz may believe, women aren't docile creatures who can't make proper decisions for themselves. Women are perfectly capable of making informed decisions that affect their well-being. If a woman who uses Yaz decides that the risks are too great and the effects too dangerous, she can simply stop using it. Again, the choice is hers.

We suffer thousands of babies born each year, to mothers who are grossly unprepared for the challenges of parenthood. Yaz prevents pregnancy 99% of the time. Why not allow women who aren't ready to have a child take the proper precautions to help ensure pregnancy does not occur? In the end, it is us, the taxpayers who wind up footing the bill for unwanted babies and children who grow up in our social welfare system.

Banning the use of Yaz is another form of denying women the right to choose.

Pockets of our society still seek to deny women the right to decide what to do with their own bodies. This is not only wrong, but also immoral and unethical. If a woman opts to use Yaz as her preferred method of contraceptive, who is anyone to say she can't? Yes, Yaz has risks associated with its use. A properly informed woman who chooses to use Yaz has exercised her God-given right of free will and the right of free choice we are guaranteed in this country. Taking away a woman's right to choose Yaz as a form of birth control not only violates the law of our nation, but a much-higher law guaranteed by the Creator to all humans.

REBUTTAL: STEM CELL RESEARCH

Stem Cell research is a horrible and flawed way of attempting to cater to the whims of narcissistic people who long to discover the proverbial fountain of youth and keys to perfect health. These individuals don't care anything about the lives of those they are destroying in an effort to enhance their own lives! If you value human life at all stages, it is only natural to oppose embryonic stem cell research because the taking the stems cells from an embryo means that the embryo will die. Who but a cruel and inhumane person will sanction the death of another human being so that they can live?

I think it's about time that science turn to other cures for diseases and illnesses that plague us. As stem cell research is not without its flaws, according to the Real Promise of Stem Cell Research by Dr. David Prentice which was published in HealthNewsDigest.com in which he states that "Mice treated for Parkinson's with embryonic stem cells have died from brain tumors in as much as 20% of cases." So, stem cell research is by no means a holy grail. Researchers have been looking at other ways in which we can achieve the same ends with other methods without the destroying valuable human life.