Kalb, Claudia. “A New Closing Debate.” Newsweek Magazine Vol.143. 8/23/2004 p. 50.
Published in Newsweek on February 25th 2004 the peer reviewed article, A New
Cloning Debate, contributes a great amount of attention to the pro-choice side of the new
cloning debate. Reporting on Dr. Woo Suk Hwang, Claudia Kalb explains how a new
ways of cloning embryos have open new ways to cure illnesses such as Parkinson’s and
be able to patch hearts as easily as bicycle tires. Kalb continues her article by explaining
the benefits of having theses new abilities and how many adversary of stem cell research
misunderstand the overall achievement of stem cell research. Where as many adversaries
believe scientist who support stem cell research also endorse reproductive cloning where
as the truth is that many of those scientist are against making carbon copies of subject and
prefer to work therapeutic cloning which will benefit mankind. Kalb’s conclusion of this
article bring a major point which is overseen in many debates, that being that the United
States will become a bystander to medical innovations which would save millions of
people.
National Institute of Health. “Stem Cell Basics.” September 2002 <http://Stemcell.
nih.gov/ infocenter/ stemcellbasics.pdf.>
As an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the official
National Institute of Health web site is a extremely reliable source to use because it
explains in general that actual process of stem cell research. As stated on the website, the
NIH‘s purpose for developing this primer is to help readers understand the answers to
questions asked by many such as: what are e stem cells? What different types of stem
cells are there and where to they come from? What is the potential for new medical
treatments using stem cells? What research is needed to make such treatments a reality?
Although no actual debate is mentioned on this web site nor is the material present meant
to be used for a debate, knowing the basics and being able to create ethos to support an
argument is extremely important to any person on either side of the debate.
Lemonick, Michael D., et al. “Cloning Gets Closer.” Time Magazine. 2/23/2004 Vol. 143
issue 8. p. 48-51.
The Article, Cloning Gets Closer, by authors: Michael D. Lemonick, Dan Cray,
Donald Macintyre, Eli Sanders and Sora Song elaborates more on the same topic Claudia
Kalb wrote about in Newsweek on February 23 of 2004. The authors of this article also
refer to the benefits of these new methods of research as Kalb did but emphasize more on
the current debate and how much of ethics is actually involved. They argue on how the
major debate should be based on where stem cells come from, that being from in-vitro
fertilization of whether they should be harvested within a lab. This article goes a far as
saying that some researchers say all the talk about replacement tissue overlooks a more
immediate benefit of stem cells, if stem cells are cloned from someone with a genetic
disorder experiments can be preformed to zero in on the DNA that is causing the
problem.
“An embryonic development.” Economist Vol. 370 Issue 8362. 2/12/2004. p. 40
The Article, An embryonic development, also reports on the success on Dr. Woo
Suk Hwang of Seoul National University in South Korea. The author of this article
explains that although several claims to have cloned humans have been made over the
past few years and the terminology of human developments has become a slippery one
caused by pro-life supports saying life begins at conception and by scientists seeking
public attention, pro-choice advocate do not strive to create a new human being. The
article in concluded by giving acknowledging that Dr. Hwang’s research will sharpen the
debate between those who see therapeutic cloning as good and those who say it’s a step
on the road to cloning a human being. By doing so, the author also believes that
legislation needs to pass a clarification between therapeutic and reproductive cloning.
This article is beneficial to a debate or argument because it acknowledges the former and
the latter part of the new age cloning debate.
Cardinal Keeler. Letter. http://www.nccbuscc.org/prolife/issues/Bioethic/keeler.0300.
March 3, 2000 2 pages.
In a letter written to a U.S Senator on March 3rd of 2000 by the Catholic Bishop of
the United States, which urges the NIH to withdraw its guidelines for funding embryonic
stem cell research, Cardinal William H. Keller uses pure logos to set up and support this
argument. Throughout the letter he defends the pro-life side by introducing fact and
justifications used by congress members to their benefit. Where a new motion is wanted
to be passed, Keller uses past situation which limit the proposed one to the point where it
could no longer be used. Being a Catholic Cardinal and being practically the center of
where this who ethics debate originated from being able to justify his claims helps the
pro-life side of the debate. One thing that is obvious within the letter is that Cardinal
Keller does not include any pro-choice point of view, being completely biased in the
situation.
“Human Embryos and Fertility Clinic: Are Pro-Lifers Ignoring the Real Problems?”
2000. <http://www.religioustollereance.or/abo_inco.htm>
On the web page ReligousTolerance.Org an article called Human Was posted
which would benefit an advocate of pro-choice and on for pro-life. Although this article
is not intended for a debate but more to be informative is states evidence and statistics on
what really happens within a fertilization clinic and how embryos are used and disposed
of. An advocate for pro-choice might use this knowledge for his benefit by addressing the
issue of embryo disposal and how they could benefit from unused embryos, where as a
pro-life advocate might look at the same information and state embryos which would not
be used could be cryogenically frozen for later use. One thing this article does address
and is debated over and over again is ethical considerations, where it is society stand on
these issues including the parents of these unused embryos.
Reaves, Jessica. “The Great Debate Over Stem Cell Research.” Time. 11, Jul. 2001.
<http://www.time.com/time/health/printout/0,8816,167245,00.htm>
Found on the Time website under science and health, the article “The great debate
over Stem Cell” posted July 11th 20001 by Jessica Reaves is a perfect resource for an
argument or a debate. In this article Reaves explains the debate from two prospective, a
political and a scientific debate. She reports on issues within the President Bush
Administration and how they are sharply divided on this issue. She continues by
including how high profile cases such as Michael J. Fox who suffers from Parkinson’s
disease and how they use their power to influence congress. From a scientific debate,
Reaves explains how scientists retrieve embryos for their research from in-vitro
fertilization clinic, which would otherwise be discarded for the benefit of stem cell
research. Reaves concluded her article by reporting on a pro-life advocate point of view,
and how their overall argument is on how the moral cost of continuing such research
outweighs any potential benefits.
Johnson Jeff. “Pro-Life Groups Compare Cloning to Nazi ‘Research’.” Cybercast News
Service. 07, May 2002. <http://www.csnews.com/viewprint.asp?Page=\Culture\
archive\200205\Cul20020507f.htm>
Within every debate it is known there will always be two types of advocates. In
the article “Pro-Life Groups Compare Cloning to Nazi ‘Research’”, by Jeff Johnson
which was posted on the Congressional Bureau Chief website Cybercast New Service
Johnson explains how the United State Legislation has divided between themselves into
the two types of advocates. He’s able to accomplish this by quoting several members of
Legislation such as Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) who believes stem cell research is highly
speculative and quite questionable, quite dubious that there would ever be any clinical
applications of this technology. He continues by quoting Utah Republican Senator Orrin
Hatch who is a strong pro-life, pro-family advocate who as accepted that being pro-life is
to support measures that help the living. This Article is a great resource to use because it
but a face to the political side of the stem cell research debate. It acknowledges extreme
advocates and those who are more accepting to a changing society.