Stem Cell Research, Morals and Religion

[hareem01]

Re: Stem Cell Research, Morals and Religion

@Enigmatic

don’t know about age old mystery what I posted was just knowledge of the facts I have studied as genetics really fascinates me. And yes most religious scholars believe that in vitro fertilization is permissible if the donor sperm cell is that of the husband of the infertile patient. It’s the concept of surrogate mothers, donor sperm cells that is not permissible.

So when embryologists take sperm from the husband and ova from the wife they actually create 5-6 fertilized embryos because chances of viability in labs aren’t as good as that inside the womb (again shows Allah’s knowledge and supreme power). But they transfer at the maximum of 3 inside the uterus. The rest are just left there and stored or either discarded. Using those embryos shouldn’t be wrong at all. aahh I think this is getting too techinical

Like I said it’s such an intricate topic with a very very thin line b/w ethical and unethical. And I don’t qualify much to prove that what I said is right.It’s just an opinion.
Limited knowledge
But this is all truly fascinating

hmmm…I understand the use of the excess but the controversy is about producing and destroying it wholly for the purpose of stem cell research.

Embryonic stem cell research currently requires the fertilization of an embryo with the plan to use it as a source for collecting embryonic stem cells[SUP]citation needed][/SUP], which results in the destruction of the embryo. This deliberate creation and destruction of a human embryo is a primary source for the ethical controversy.