Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 November 2003
Stem Cell Research: Statements.
The deliberate destruction of innocent human life is fundamentally wrong and even the prospect of wonderful new cures does nothing to change that fact. In the same article, Fr. Doran pointed out that researchers argue it is acceptable to destroy embryos as long as it is done in a good cause and that they might as well "give some meaning" to their lives. However, as he pointed out, "to be used as raw material for the pharmaceutical industry is not what gives meaning to the existence of the human embryo". We know that all humans die and embryos are no different and, again, as Fr. Doran pointed out, "the moral evil is associated not with the fact that embryos die, but with the fact that somebody decides to kill them".
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