Stem Cell Research

Q: Should states have the right to oppose the Federal Government on Stem Cell Research? Why or why not? Use examples from articles to support your stand.

A: President Barack Obama is wanting to increase funds for the research of stem cells. Many state legislates have either already rid of stem cell research or are planning on making their own funds to keep supporting it until they recieve federal funds. Ex-President George W. Bush limited the amount of federal funding in 2001 to only the 21 stem cell lines that were already in existence. It allowed for the already existing lines to keep studying, but refused for new ones to be created.

Supporters on stem cell research say that if the bill passes to rid of the research then the thousands of in-vitro treatments that are preformed will cease and to thriving research universities. The intent of the stem cell research is to search for cures to diseases small or deadly. Yes that research takes from fertile embryos and destroy them, but what can be gained from doing that can help for many of the decades to come and to cure some of the most deadly diseases we know today.

States should be allowed to decide the amount of research that is performed, but not eliminate it all together. President Obama is wanting to give the funds to continue, and the states should be willing to use those funds if they are given them. Although, the staes should be able to have a vote on how much they want to support the stem cell research, making it as great or little improtance to the people of each state. With the economy the way it is, no immense amounts of funds should be given to these kinds of researches, but it should still continue through in order to make improvements and break-throughs in medical as well as other fields.