Should society support cloning, stem cell research and transgenic species production?
Animal or human? The morality is a bit different. Catholics believe that life is a sacred gift from God and needs to be treated with all human dignity from the moment of conception to the point of natural death. For this reason, the destruction of living human embryos to harvest embryonic stem cells is immoral. • The end never justifies the means • A moral good can never come from a moral evil Here are just a few of the common myths about Stem Cell Research: Myth: Stem cells can only come from embryos. Truth: Stem cells can be taken from: • Umbilical cords • The placenta • Amniotic fluid • Adult tissues and organs including bone marrow, fat from liposuction, regions of the nose and even dead bodies up to 20 hours after death Myth: The Catholic Church is against stem cell research. Truth: The Catholic Church approves three of the four types of stem cell research: • Against Embryonic stem cells • For Embryonic germ cells (from miscarriages) • For Umbilical cord stem cells • For Adult ste
