BSC-1005 Lecture Notes - Embryonic Stem Cell, Human Cloning, Drug Design
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Three options for these embryos from ivf clinics they can be discarded, frozen, or donated for research: getting stem cell therapy into the clinic faces many challenges. Objections to any manipulation of a human embryo, which includes art. Accelerating the death of a human embryo even if the only alternatives are indefinite freezing or discarding. Discarding the embryo is a more dignified death than using a human embryo for research. Knowledge will lead to abuse slippery slope argument. Paying women in undeveloped countries for their eggs, human cloning, etc: counterargument wrestling value from tragedy . Ivf is consistent with modern medical ethics and is now common practice. Far more human embryos are discarded than would be necessary for research. The decision to create and destroy these embryos was made for reasons unrelated to research. Discarding an embryo is less dignified than using it for research. Parents have the right to donate their decreased child"s tissue.
