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Heather Norton

English 301

March 11, 2017

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Working Title:

Stem Cell Research: The Battle of Human Embryos Rights.

Research Question:

Does the human embryo have legal or moral rights to not be used for

the use of stem cell research?

Working Thesis:

Human embryos do not have legal or moral rights by day five, and

therefore it should be legal to use them for the benefits of stem cell

research.

Introduction:

Stem cell research is paramount in the ever-changing field of

medicine. With stem cells we have the ability to study diseases, create

regenerative medicine, and even test drugs safely and effectively.

These cells are harvested from embryonic cells and that is where the

major debate begins. It is a never-ending ethical battle on whether or

not these embryos have rights, if the practices of stem cell research

are humane, and why adult stem cells are not used instead? There are

guidelines in place for stem cell research and laws laid out about the
rights of the embryos. Still society tries to fight it. Opponents to stem

cell research want to keep embryos frozen and stored, or donate them

to other less fortunate families that are unable to conceive. Stem cell

research is the new Roe v. Wade argument.

Sources

Mayo Clinic Staff, (March 23, 2013) Stem Cells: What they are and

What They Do, Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-

procedures/bone-marrow-transplant/in-depth/stem-cells/art-

20048117

The purpose of this source is to define stem cells and what they

are used for. I will use this source in my introduction of the paper to

create a baseline of information for my readers, and refer to it through

out the paper. It will help to explain what a stem cell is and what it

does, the difference between adult and embryo stem cells, and will

address the pros and cons of both types of stem cells.

Margolick, David, (June 27,1984) Legal Rights of Embryos, Retrieved

by: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/27/us/legal-rights-of-

embryos.html

This source helps to sort out the legal side to embryonic stem

cell research. I will be using this article when addressing the legal

battle from both sides point of views. It gives definitions from the
Federal medical ethics advisory board and discusses Supreme Court

hearings on Roe v. Wade.

Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, (March 16, 2017) Retrieved by:

http://www.stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/7.html

This source explains the guidelines laid out for stem cell

research. I will be using this information to support my definition of the

regulations that come with stem cell research and who are in charge of

regulating the research.

Parker, C, (October 2007) Ethics for Embryos, Retrieved by:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652804/

This article provides an argument for the side of it being morally

unethical to use human embryos. I will utilize this information to argue

the other sides point of view in order to give my readers a clear view

to both sides of the argument.

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