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”