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Debate Score:21
Arguments:19
Total Votes:22
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Stem Cells are worth the death of a Zygote

The harvesting of a single unborn and ungrown zygote= could become some else's new heart or lungs or brain tissue. Even if I waive my disbelief in life before birth, the benifits of these zygotes far surpass that of a zyote's potential to harbor life.

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Side Score: 10
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Side Score: 11
1 point

Hell with all the music I played growing up I'm counting on being able to buy me some new ear drums twenty years down the road.

Side: Agree
1 point

They're probably gonna get aborted anyway. Might as well use it for the betterment of mankind.

Side: Agree
1 point

But we do not need to get them that way. If we stop taking stem cells from embryos and use the alternative method, we can stop being hassled by the controversity and actually get some work done.

Side: False
Pigwidgeon(67) Disputed
1 point

I think they'll get work done regardless. I can't really debate this topic anyway because I know very little about it, but a very brief trip to google shows me that they use the umbilical cord and not the actual zygote now. At birth, the umbilical cord is stored and sent to science labs because they're rich in stem cells. That okay with you?

Side: Agree
1 point

A blastocyst have no neuron activity and if such research creates opportunity to save lives then continue responsibly.

Side: Agree

There is a new procedure that can turn adult stem cells back into an embryonic state. This means we can collect stem cells without killing zygotes. Now that we have this method, there is no good reason to continue with the original one.

Side: False
Akulakhan(2985) Disputed
2 points

You get to have sex with the old way, just sayin....

Side: Agree
1 point

It sounds like you are just trying to find a reason to justify abortion. We do not need it to collect stem cells any more.

Side: False
1 point

And you can still have sex no matter which way you choose.

Side: False