March of Dimes

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lizziebeth730:
As for stem cell research, I know the Church is against it, but there has to be some middle ground. I certainly don’t agree with the idea of using aborted fetuses for medical research, but a woman who carries her child to term and donates the cord blood is committing a sin? I don’t see how thats possible, especially when science thinks this can cure things from cancer, to alzheimers, to parkinsons, to apparently baldness.
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Please someone correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe the church is against all stem cell research. Stem cell reseach that uses cord blood is perfectly fine and should be used to a much greater extent. The vast majority of cord blood is just thrown in the trash, and it is truely sad that the researchers decide to instead kill babies to obtain stem cells for their research.
 
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lizziebeth730:
As for stem cell research, I know the Church is against it, but there has to be some middle ground. I certainly don’t agree with the idea of using aborted fetuses for medical research, but a woman who carries her child to term and donates the cord blood is committing a sin? I don’t see how thats possible, especially when science thinks this can cure things from cancer, to alzheimers, to parkinsons, to apparently baldness.
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The Church does not teach all stem cell research is immoral. The Church teaches embryonic stem cell research is immoral. Embryonic stem cell research requires an embryo, a human person, to be killed to harvest the cells. Adult stem cells and cord blood stem cells are perfectly OK.
 
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