ority, President Clinton enacted a previouslyvetoed provision concerning fetal tissue research. Hismovement forever removed administrative discretion frompursuing a policy of not supporting or denying funding forfetal tissue research. As a result, research involving fetaltissue from induced abortions are now permitted under federallaw. Fetal tissue transplants affect many people. Anyonewith a neurodegenerative disorder is affected by theprocedure. The transplants are used to treat diseases such asParkinson's. Tremors, ridgedness, and hypokentetics are someof the symptoms that are being cured by fetal tissuetransplants. The transplants have even been proven to regainuse of damaged brain tissue. Most of the people who obtainthe procedure are years into their diagnosis of the disease.Anyone can obtain Parkinson's disease, but the older thevictim the more susceptible. In order for us to better analyze the topic of fetaltissue transplants we must ask and answer some ethics basedquestions. What makes right acts right?If the process of fetal tissue transplantation is to beconsidered right it must be further questioned. For somethingto be right it must serve good, or not serve evil. Accordingto this definition fetal tissue transplants would beconsidered wrong, because in order to do good to one human,another one must be killed.To whom is a moral duty owed?In this case, moral duty is owed in several differentplaces. For one, the parent child relationship is a majorone at hand. If fetal tissue transplants would be allowed,in many cases there would be no parent child relationshipbecause the child was murdered in a attempt to save anotherhuman being. The person to God aspect is also at hand. Abortion, which is a heavy sin in most major religions wouldbe taking place and would be accepted by society. Alsotodays' generation and the next generation comparison wouldalso be harmed. By accepting abortion and murder intosociety, moral values wo...
