My critique is on Mollie Hammer’s editorial A person, or not a person: that is the question. I agree with Mollie that stem cell research is important. Not only is it important, but it should have the full support of the government at all times, not jumping back and forth every time we get a new President. The possibilities of what stem cell research could provide to the advancement of treatments and cures are limitless. I think it is more humane to think about actual people that are suffering, than to be worried about using the stem cells of frozen embryos. To me it is more inhumane to continue to do nothing, while people have to suffer through debilitating disease like Parkinson, Alzheimer’s and other crippling diseases that slowly decays a living soul.
I think that if these so called activists who are against stem cell research had family members that could be helped by stem cell research, they would quickly change their minds. There are other ways to get stem cells other than an embryo. The umbilical cord can be used to obtain stem cells. This should not be an issue for those people against stem cell research, as babies are born every day and the umbilical cord is usually just thrown away. Also, how many abortions are performed each day? The possibility for stem cells research on these aborted embryos is also a possibility. Although this would probably be dangerous if companies start providing abortions just for stem cells.
This is a difficult issue, but one that should not be so hard because something that fits into a petri dish or a test tube is not more important to me than a person that is suffering, while their loved ones can do nothing but watch as the person they love slowly deteriorates right before their eyes.
Mollie wrote an excellent editorial and I enjoyed reading her article.
by: Genoveva Nannapaneni
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