Yes, I understand the pro-life argument and respect that, but, to describe something a fraction of the size of a pinhead as human purely because it contains Human DNA leaves the door wide open for debate on a range of other topics such as organ donation and testing of chemicals / drugs on human subjects prior to marketing. These all contain human DNA as well but people still donate their bodies / bodies of loved ones to science which is how we have made so many technical medical breakthroughs in the past and no one has much to say about it.
Finally, the decision to donate anything especially embryos, lies solely with the people directly involved and should really be of no concern to others. Besides, the obvious benefits of this research and its applications far outweigh the collateral cost. However, would it not be great to hear one day soon that science has found a way to synthesize these cells to perhaps put the embryo's to better use such as maybe growing them?
i think that peoples morals and opinions on this matter are only a factor because Embryo stem cell research is still under development. when people start to see the benefits of it instead of the negatives peoples opinions will be less of a hassle! Hopefully when lives are being saved and treatments work because of this, we will no longer have to use animals as testers but work with what is donated. interesting topic Tom!
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