| Craig, we are entering a very debated issue. Many couples are elated when they are helped by fertility clinics. But when fertility clinics inject an embryo, they produce several fertilized embryos because the success rate with one implant is relatively low. When successful implanyation to the endometrial lining is achieved, the remaining embryos are discarded. One side may argue a life was created but the counter-argument is that many lives (embryos) were lost.
Today, the source of embryonic stem cells are the "overflow" of embryos that are no longer needed to achieve in vitro fertilization.
Therefore, if one believes that discarding the remaining embryos is morally wrong, what is the alternative?
If one uses the discarded embryos to try to find a cure for Alzeimers's, would this scenario be wrong?
Mike
Mike |