roundish balls. In reality, they are much more than that. Those 40 cells contain all the

potential to become a living, breathing human being. Many scientists believe that these

cells also have the potential to cure a myriad of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease,

Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and many others. The cells of the four day old human

embryo can be programmed to become virtually any cell in the body making them a very

valuable commodity. All this sounds very promising until one realizes the cost of

acquiring these miracle cells. Gathering stem cells from human embryos can be looked

at as nothing less that taking a life. (Begley 23)

There are multiple reasons that the government should not fund research on

embryonic stem cells but the most important has got to be the inevitable destruction of

life involved. What good is saving lives when they are being taken at the same time?

How much since does that make? Who are we to decide whether these embryos get their

chance at life or not? Making a decision like that is playing God. Pure and simple. We

don't even know for sure that stem cells can live up t

before giving government money to a project like this.

that all of us are harboring the seeds of our own self-renewal." Adult stem cells are

put on the economy is almost immeasurable. It would lead to a host of undesirable

evidence in the campaign for the use of adult stem cells instead of the embryonic variety.

can cure anything, and researching them requires us to destroy something that is alive.

vastly easier to obtain, and they are also more plentiful. Using these cells would

Begley, Sharon. "Cellular Divide." Newsweek

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