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Hot Topic: Should Stem Cell Research be legal?
Background Facts
• Stem Cells discovered in 1998
• Currently no federal funding for stem cell research
• Currently illegal to research stem cells in Michigan
• Public is evenly divided
Should the Government Fund Stem Cell Research?
Yes
-stem cells may hold the cure to diabetes, alzheimers etc
-embryos are from clinics and would be destroyed anyway
-religion should stay out of government decisions
No
-destroys human life, same as abortion
-opens door to scary science:
cloning, body farming etc.
-unethical: medicine’s code is “do no harm”
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