What is our world really coming to? It is predicted that somewhere in the future we are going to be able to construct the perfect child with no defects and no disabilities. We will be able to predict what diseases they will contract in their life and what type of person they are going to be and the age of which they are going to die. We are going to be able to cure every type of disease. With a discovery of a small yet powerful cell, these things and others are looking to be solved. Honestly though how much proof do we really have?
             A stem cell is a primitive type of cell that can be coaxed into developing into most of the 220 types of cells found in the human body (e.g. blood cells, heart cells, brain cells, etc). Stem cells are defined as the undifferentiated, primitive cells in the bone marrow that have the ability both to multiply and to differentiate into specific blood cells. Some researchers regard them as offering the greatest potential for the alleviation of human suffering since the development of antibiotics. Over 100 million Americans suffer from diseases that may eventually be treated more effectively with stem cells or even cured. These include heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. (Robinson, 2).
             Stem cells can be extracted from very young human embryos -- typically from surplus frozen embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization procedures at fertility clinics. There are currently about 100,000 surplus embryos in storage. However, a minority of pro-lifers and a majority of pro-life organizations object to the use of embryos. They feel
             that a few-days-old embryo is a human person. Extracting its stem cells kills the embryo -- an act that they consider murder. (Robinson, 2).
             Obviously at that stage of an embryo it has no brain, central nervous system, mouth, heart, lungs, or other internal organs. It has no organs to see, hear, touch, or taste. Its lacks a body, head, arms, legs, and no memory. It...