Taking the Moral High Road: Why Embryonic Stem Cell Research should be Strictly Regulated‪.‬

I. INTRODUCTION Human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research has been one of the most discussed topics in bioethics during the last several years, and the conflicts associated with the hESC controversy are on the cutting edge of science, politics, law, bioethics, and religion. The central issue is the moral problem created by the destruction of the embryo, which until now, was inevitably connected to hESC research.