As Rettick said, if we look at these embryos as potential humans, then how far back are we willing to go before it becomes "okay" to prevent this human from developing? Every sex cell has the potential (when combined with a second) to result in a human, so is it criminal to deny so many life? I honestly don't think the embryo will have any bones with us (pardon the pun) for taking its life. At the stage when scientists harvest stem cells, the embryo hasn't yet decided if it will form one or two organisms. It's just a cluster of cells. Not a person.
[ November 27, 2001: Message edited by: Sydney ]
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