Religon v. Stem Cell Research
...issouri’s Catholic dioceses oppose the petition and began a campaign to keep Catholics from signing the petition. At St. Peter Catholic Church, the Reverend James Smith compared the cultivation of human embryos for stem cell research to the gruesome experiments performed on concentration camp prisoners during World War II. I think that the way stem cell research has evolved could greatly help the American population. Scientists that have used stem cell research in lab rats were able to grow stem cells for the spine which actually improved the mobility of rats with paralysis. I think a big problem with stem cell research opposition is that the general public is unaware or uneducated about the research. There are ways to take stem cells without killing a human embryo. However, the general public is unaware that this can be done which leads them to believe that all stem cell research is bad and killi...