Ethical Responsibilities of Embryonic Stem Cell Research In the two-thousand nine movie, My Sister’s Keeper by Jeremy Leven, a family is struck with tragedy when their daughter, Kate, is diagnosed with Leukemia and not expected to live past the age of five years old. The doctor covertly introduces the topic of in vitro fertilization to assure a perfect match to the little girl. The procedure was successfully performed, and the parents have a little girl who they named Anna. Anna has given blood, bone marrow, and stem cells to her sister since she was born. Anna then decides she does not want to give anymore and retains a lawyer to help her become medically emancipated from her parents. This movie captured the ethical issues of the twentieth
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Non supporters of this type of research argue that an embryo is a full human from conception; therefore, should be given the respect as a full human being. In Dr. Kelly Hollowell’s article Ten Problems with Embryonic Stem Cell Research, the issue of when an embryo is to be considered as a human is answered. “Cloning proves scientifically that life begins at conception”. The discernment of findings provided by the cloning procedure refines the characteristics of a pre-embryo and an embryo …show more content…
Dolly was cloned on July 5, 1996 by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell and was put down at the age of six after a notable difference in her size was made compared to other sheep as well as having arthritis. According to an editorial in The Lancet, published in March of 2003, the creators of the sheep say that Dolly’s health problems are not related to her premature death. “Many of the cloned cattle and sheep that are born are much larger than normal and apparently normal clones may have some unrecognized abnormalities”. The story of Dolly shows the complexity of higher organisms while at the same time contributing more information to the debate about ethics (“Goodbye Dolly”
Non supporters of this type of research argue that an embryo is a full human from conception; therefore, should be given the respect as a full human being. In Dr. Kelly Hollowell’s article Ten Problems with Embryonic Stem Cell Research, the issue of when an embryo is to be considered as a human is answered. “Cloning proves scientifically that life begins at conception”. The discernment of findings provided by the cloning procedure refines the characteristics of a pre-embryo and an embryo …show more content…
Dolly was cloned on July 5, 1996 by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell and was put down at the age of six after a notable difference in her size was made compared to other sheep as well as having arthritis. According to an editorial in The Lancet, published in March of 2003, the creators of the sheep say that Dolly’s health problems are not related to her premature death. “Many of the cloned cattle and sheep that are born are much larger than normal and apparently normal clones may have some unrecognized abnormalities”. The story of Dolly shows the complexity of higher organisms while at the same time contributing more information to the debate about ethics (“Goodbye Dolly”