Essay: What do you think:  should stem cells be produced from human abortuses? 

There is no right or wrong answer her, only thoughtful (or not) answers.

• Do NOT discuss the ethics, morality, or legality of abortions.
• Do NOT discuss issues related to the age of the conceptus at the time of abortion
• Do NOT discuss current legal considerations
  

Assume that the abortion is going to occur o matter what, so the question is the ethics or morality of using the cellular material recovered from an abortion in order to produce stem cells.  

• Could be for research
• Could be for medical use
• You may assume it is not for cloning entire humans

• does it matter which of these the cells are used for?
• what else might figure nto your considerations?