The dispute analyzed in this article is now the subject of mass debate. The discussion centers on whether or not embryonic stem cells should be used to develop forms of treatment for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and diabetes. The author of this article is Stephen Napier and is in association with the Center for Bioethics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The article was published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy in 2009. In this article Mr. Napier examines past arguments on the current debate and provides the reader with his position against the use of stem cells as a form of research and also argues the importance position on the vulnerability of a fetus and whether it has moral values ​​equal to those of an adult person. At the beginning of the article he provides an introduction to the strategies that the two opposing parties (Pro Vita/Choice) put on the table. Those who are in favor of ESCr usually say that the embryo is not a physical being and that a brain transplant could guarantee this, while those who oppose say that inside every embryo there is life and that it is morally wrong to proceed with the research (Napier, 496-7). In the next section of his article he begins to describe research failures and the Belmont report. Describes Nazi experiments and the Tuskegee syphilis experiment in Africa. In the wake of these emerging facts, the United States adopted the National Research Act of 1974 to protect ethical principles in research. It then describes the Belmont Report and the three key principles outlined in it. The three they outline are respect for the person, beneficence, and justice (Napier, 497). In the next section of the document he talks about the vulnerability aspect of fetal embryos. He is in this s...... middle of paper... as a vulnerable human subject and therefore worthy of protection (Napier, 499-500). In his last point on vulnerability he explains why the embryo should be protected. If regulations are an indication of ethical consensus, then the moral intuition that most people have is that the more vulnerable an individual is, the greater the need to protect them (Napier, 501). X is vulnerable if He finds inconsistency in this argument put forward by critics and thinks that although the embryo may not be able to display personal abilities, it still possesses them. Works Cited Napier S. (2009) ARegulatory Argument Against Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy