The SCR issue is very interesting to me and I am not sure where I stand on it. I certainly see the medical benefit that could be gained if a currently terminal illness is cured by this research. As I understand it, there are properties in stem cells that are not found in other cells after they have divided hundreds of times. I also see the potential dangers of people creating embryos (babies) for the express purpose of using them for research and or medical reasons. I can see the ads now "Ladies, sell 100s of your eggs--$50.00 each!" Now don't get me wrong, I am not totally against all SCR. I am 100% for using the stem cells from the unbilical (sp?) cord and/or placenta (can't remember which one) for research, but I've always had mixed feeling about the whole "we've fertlized these eggs and we don't want/need them any more so just throw them away." You can call it what ever you want, but to me that's like throwing away a baby. Also, I read in the paper yesterday that a research firm is trying to "create" an embryo by using the egg of a woman and fertilizing it by artifical means (i.e. no sperm). To me that just takes us one step closer to cloning and that is just sick!
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