Embryonic stem cell research should receive no government funding.

Ethics should be a "first philosophy" when making decisions about governmental support of anything. It will be my argument that the ethical questions surrounding stem-cell research are so complex that we should use our limited resources for things that are not as ethically ambiguous.


Embryonic stem cell research necessarily ends a human.  Richard M. Doerflinger observes:

Let us begin with a simple fact of science. The human embryo, even in the first week of development before 
implantation, is a human being — a living, developing individual of the human species, not just a part of 
another member of the species. Albeit at a very early and immature stage of development, the embryo is 
part of the continuum of human development that stretches from that first formation of a unique organism to the natural end of life. One major embryology textbook says simply: “A zygote is the beginning of a new human being.”2 Another states: “The time of fertilization represents the starting point in the life history, 
or ontogeny, of the individual.”3 It makes no sense to say “I was once a sperm cell” or “I was once an egg cell,” but makes perfect sense to say “I was once an embryo” — exactly the same sense it makes to say “I was once a fetus” or “I was once an infant,” though I remember neither of these stages. Recent biological findings
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Daniel Johnson
should stem cell research recieve government funding
Some forms of stem cell research should not receive funding.
Embryonic stem cell research should receive no government funding.
i didnt specify on which type of stem cell research
stem cell research should recieve government funding
Adult stem cell research should receive government funding.
Ethics should come first when deciding governmental policy.
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