Stem Cells and Stroke Patients
A lot of people mat well object to the fact that foetal stem cells have been used to help a stroke patient in Glasgow.
I’ve probably been fairly lucky with my stroke and it is doubtful whether I would have needed this treatment.
But, would I have said yes or no, if I had been offered the treatment. I don’t know, but I would have always wanted to get better.
It is interesting to postulate what families and the NHS will say. After all, if someone is completely disabled, it doesn’t help anybody, least of all the patient.
I must admit too, that if this treatment is a success, then the three parties involved, the patient, his family and the health service will all probably be in favour.
It will be interesting to see how the moral arguments develop.
The Anonymous Widower 
Hmmmmm. I have nerve damage. It is one of things which they say may be helped by stem cells. Being coldly objective, I am not comfortable using cells from aborted foetuses. In fact I am very very uncomfortable. But I am not seriously badly disabled. And saying theoretically that I think something is wrong is very different from being in the situation of needing the treatment. I believe termination of pregnancy wrong, BUT there are situations when I believe it is acceptable – for example in the case of the rape of a very young woman, or a condition such as anencephaly. it is a very grey area
Comment by liz | November 16, 2010 |