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Originally Posted by Red Mile Style
But when science risks my morals, that's when I have to be against it.
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You clearly don't understand the issue here.
Usually, stem cells come from blastocysts that are left over after couples go through in vitro fertilization processes.
Eggs are harvested, then fertilized by sperm in a dish in the clinic.
The eggs that are successfully fertilized divide for 3-5 days, forming the tiny sphere of 150 or so cells called blastocysts.
When ready, a few of these are implanted in the womb.
After the couple has conceived, they decide what to do with the left over blastocysts. Some pay to keep their remaining blastocysts frozen, but most left over blastocysts are simply discarded! These discarded blastocysts, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, could be used to derive stem cells.
And those are just the embryonic stem cells.
There are adult and umbilical cord stem cells too.
It really is quite simple. Opposing stem cell research is selfish, ignorant, and so asinine, its offensive.