Emma-Presentation+summary

For this presentation I explained Stem cells and the ethics/ legality behind them. I started simply showing what a stem cell (embryo) is; the inner cell mass of a fertilized egg four days after conception .And why there is a conflict behind it, when are cells considered a person. Next i showed the legal side of stem cell research, including quotes from George Bush and Bill Frist, by using news videos relating to stem cells in the government. One major conflict in the government is in the republican party. Although republicans are many time considered conservative, many republicans are in support of stem cell research. For ethics, i kept the slides very simple showing one or two bullet points per either pro or con stem cells. For against stem cell research the only real argument is that the embryo used for stem cells is a human being and therefore should have the same rights. On the flip side those for stem cells argue that the embryos are only a cluster a cells and are nowhere near becoming a human. Another argument is that if people are so worried that the embryos should have the same rights as human, the embryos are treated much more harshly in a fertility clinic than in stem cell research. I have prepared a what i am going to say for each argument so that they can both be in full detail. Overall on this presentation i focused on simplicity of the slides, which pictures here and there to grab attention, and filling in my slides with information previously prepared.