Science in Brit Lit

I completely agree with the idea that the search for "forbidden knowledge" today is not accepted by the great majority of society. I know this isn't the case for everythin but I think it is safe to say that all new ideas have their few sceptics or non supporters who reject the idea. In the medical field there are many example of this. To start off, abortion. We now have the tools and procedures to successfully remove an embryo without killing the mother, however not everyone agrees with this procedure. The process of organ doning also bring much controversy. There are those who think that a second chance of life is something that we should do if it is in our power but that also brings the group of people who think that possibly taking one life to save another is not ethical. In order to transplant an organ it must be relatively "fresh" out of the doner, but how do we know we are not killing him to save the other person? With modern technology, doctors do not only test for pulse and breathing to see if a patient is alive or not but there are also many other medical technicalities that declare a person living even if they are not able to preform many of the normal human functions without assistance. Like a human vegetable. Therefore, we as a society have made many advancements, in the medical field alone, towards the possibility of saving many lives but for each advancement there is a group who tags the idea as forbidden knowledge that we were not meant to achieve. I named a few examples but there is bound to be more examples of modern "forbidden knowledge."