Embryonic stem cell research was established in the early 80’s and has since sparked into a highly controversial issue involving religious debates over the use of human embryos. Embryonic stem cells are considered to be unspecialized cells, which can be manipulated into specialized cells such as a skin cell or a heart cell. The specialized cells could potentially cure conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cystic fibrosis, and spinal cord injuries. Despite the large amount of ethical complications that come along with the utilization of stem cells, I advocate that stem cell research should be expanded and developed more widely in the medical field.
As mentioned before, the benefits of stem cells could be used to treat a myriad of different health complications that a major portion of the population in the world faces today. If the treatment of disease were explored through the research of stem cells, the quality of life for those impacted by the multitude of health problems that exist would vastly improve. In Franklin Roosevelt’s second Bill of Rights, he lists “self-evident” economic rights that every person in the nation should have, despite their
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In this bill, he states that everyone should have “The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health…” (pg. 1191). By limiting the research into embryonic stem cells, is it right that we are denying the potential for a great quality of life to those who need it? Under Roosevelt’s vision, stem cell research would be a necessity in order to uphold this economic right. As of now,