Embryonic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are unlike any specific adult cell. Conversely they have the ability to form any adult cell. Because undifferentiated embryonic stem cells can proliferate indefinitely in culture, they could potentially provide an unlimited source of specific, clinically important adult cells such as bone, muscle, liver or blood cells. In laymen’s terms, this means that embryonic stem cells can, (if manipulated correctly) turn into any type of human cell, anything from bone marrow to v

ells and use them for research. Researchers are quick to point out that these cells were destined to be merely “tossed in the trash”. So why not use them for study? When stem cell research came to the forefront of American attention, Pres. Bush was quick to put regulations on it, such as the only way researchers can procreate stem cells is through this very process. Pres. Bush did not want to see people fertilizing eggs solely for stem cell research.

The arguments for opponents of E.S.C.R. say that it is abortion. Since totipotent cells have the ability to form into a fetus and ultimately a human being, it constitutes abortion. At the same time, these people can’t decide among themselves if this is a human or not. It’s a matter of when the fetus receives a soul. Some of these “Pro-lifers” say that you have a soul at the moment of conception, while others say that as soon as one can live independently from the mother is when one attains a soul. Supporters of E.S.C.R. would defend that the stem cells used would have been thrown away in th

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