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Pro-Life advocates (like Catholics) believe that life is a sacred gift from God and needs to be treated with all human dignity from the moment of conception to the point of natural death.

For this reason, the destruction of living human embryos to harvest embryonic stem cells is immoral.
? The end never justifies the means
? A moral good can never come from a moral evil

Here are just a few of the common myths about Stem Cell Research:

Myth: Stem cells can only come from embryos.

Truth: Stem cells can be taken from:
? Umbilical cords
? The placenta
? Amniotic fluid
? Adult tissues and organs including bone marrow, fat from liposuction, regions of the nose and even dead bodies up to 20 hours after death

Myth: The Catholic Church is against stem cell research.

Truth: The Catholic Church approves three of the four types of stem cell research:
? Against Embryonic stem cells
? For Embryonic germ cells (from miscarriages)
? For Umbilical cord stem cells
? For Adult stem cells

Myth: Embryonic stem cell research has the greatest promise

Fact: Up to now, no human being has ever been cured of a disease using embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, have already cured thousands. There is the example of the use of bone marrow cells from the hipbone to repair scar tissue on the heart after heart attacks. Research using adult cells is 20-30 years ahead of embryonic stem cells and holds greater promise.

Based on the “The Ten Great Myths in the Debate Over Stem Cell Research” by Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. http://www.ncbcenter.org/10Myths.pdf

Adult stem cells are currently used for the medical treatment of:
? Anemias
? Cancers (multiple types)
? Child Leukemias
? Cornea Regeneration
? Crohn′s Disease
? Diabetes, Type I
? Heart Disease, Acute & Chronic
? Krabbe Leukodystrophy
? Liver Cirrhosis
? Lupus
? Lymphomas
? Myelomas
? Multiple Sclerosis
? Paralysis
? Osteopetrosis
? Parkinson′s Disease
? Rheumatoid Arthritis
? Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
? Sickle Cell Anemia
? Spinal Cord Injury
? Stroke
? Systemic Vasculitis
? and more

For more information, see the National Catholic Bioethics Center’s resources on stem cell research: http://www.ncbcenter.org/stemcell.asp
And:
http://stemcellcures.org/
http://www.stemcellresearch.org/

Here is "Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions" that Pope Benedict XVI gave to President Obama: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congre…

With love in Christ.

The pros include medical and health benefits resulting from the research and the cons include ethical considerations. See the first link below.

Stem cell research can also be done via bone marrow so embryos can actually be dispensed with. See the second link below.

http://au.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A…
http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22b…

I am pro research. Period. Any kind, within reason. I like it left up to researchers, not religious people, government, or drug companies.

http://www.embryonicstemcellresearch.org…
http://www.godandscience.org/doctrine/st…