Dissecting embryo-esque research proposals
Daniel McConchie, of Americans United for Life, has written an article for The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity dissecting the ethics of four “imaginative” new ways researchers have proposed to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying human embryos, so they say: the Parthenote proposal, the Morula proposal, the Organ Transplant (i.e., “brain dead embryo”) proposal, and the Alternate Nuclear Transfer proposal. One other quote of interest….
[Click graphic to enlarge Parthenote creation path. Credit: Redford Stem Cell Research Foundation
[A]ll other objections aside, we do not yet have sufficient knowledge from animal models to justify the pursuit of any embryonic stem cell research in humans. While pursuing in animal studies the knowledgebase that might justify human trials, these methods of obtaining such cells should be used so that we might have as much knowledge as possible for determining potential ethical means of obtaining embryonic stem cells if or when it becomes necessary to do so.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
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