Fetal Tissue

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Where do you stand on the issue of using fetal tissue for medical research? Explain.

The question ask where do I stand on the issue of using fetal tissue for medical research. My answer depends on where the said fetal tissue comes from. Research has served humanity for many years. There are so many advances today that have come from research that a lot of the diseases that were deadly during my great-grandparents generation have been almost eradicated today through the advancements in medicine and vaccines. Polio, for example, is virtually unheard of today due to the medical research that was conducted using the fetal tissue samples [CITATION ERRORS. REFER TO NOTES OR PURDUE OWL] ("How fetal tissue is used in medical research", 2015). Tragically,