IS SHE/HE A PERSON OR IS IT NOT A PERSON?THAT IS THE CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION.

HOW DO COLLEGE STUDENTS’ OPINIONS ON STEM CELL RESEARCH AND ABORTION CORRELATE?

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OVERVIEW

• Thought provoker warm-up

• Definitions

• My hypotheses

• The Survey

• Data Collection

• Brief summary

WORD RECOGNITION EXERCISE:YOUR THOUGHTS

1ST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND10 SECONDS

Human

Abortion

Stem Cells

WHAT DO THESE THINGS ALL HAVE IN COMMON?

GREAT CONTROVERS

Y

WHAT IS A STEM CELL?

Stem cells are cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are

generated.

ABORTION:“THE TERMINATION OF A PREGNANCY AFTER, ACCOMPANIED BY, RESULTING IN, OR CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE DEATH OF THE EMBRYO OR

FETUS”-WEBSTER MEDICAL DICTIONARY

3types:

• Invasive

• Chemical

• Medical

WHAT DO YOU THINK!

• Partners• 2mintues• DISCUSS

MY HYPOTHESES

1.They will correlate.

2.Religion and political beliefs will be a factor.

3.Moral views will be a common answer on both sides.

METHODS

• Short , Online Survey• College Students• Available via email and Facebook

THE SURVEY:

1.Do you Support Abortion2.Why?3.Do you support stem cell

research?4.Why?

RESULTS?

• Just finished data collection

• Surprising Reasoning

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ASSESSING ABORTION VIEWS AND BEHAVIORS AT TWO COLLEGES. Social

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Giubilini, A. (2012). Abortion and the Argument from Potential: What We Owe to the Ones

Who Might Exist. Journal Of Medicine & Philosophy, 37(1), 49-59.

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Cell Research: An Overview of Cell Lines and Their Use in Experimental Work. STEM

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MORE SOURCESHarman, E. (2007). HOW IS THE ETHICS OF STEM CELL RESEARCH DIFFERENT FROM

THE ETHICS OF ABORTION?. Metaphilosophy, 38(2/3), 207-225. doi:10.1111/j.1467-

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LAST PAGE OF SOURCESMontague, P. (2011). Stem Cell Research and the Problem of Embryonic

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