We were all an embryo at one point. I just thank God I am able to type this post and I wasn't used for some other theraputic task and my soul/life was snuffed out. I suspect everybody reading this is thankful as well. I think the real problem here is who makes these decisions and where is the moral line where the benefit is not worth the life taken in the case of human embryonic stem cells.
Not to be too rehtorical, but which one of us would volunteer to have our souls just hanging out because you were the extra embryo from invitro fertilization? This is part of the slippery slope when you deal with this stuff. The Constitution of the United States guarantees all of us life, libery, and the
pursuit of happiness. We should understand that means all life, every single human embryo.
I am not against the advancement of science to improve our lives, just against the win - lose proposition.
Whare this really gets scary is that there are people who are interested in genetic engineering and creating a designer human being. Let's say you are engineered to be the best basketball player in the world and you have received all of those perfect basketball genes. You are tall, fast, coordinated, and have incredible fast twitch muscle fibers that allow you to jump out of the gym. You are provided the opportunity to go to the best basketball capms to enhance your raw athletic prowess and create unmatched basketball skills. Then one day you come to the realization that you really want to play the violin or the tuba. How much potential disappointment and heart break would result from those initially unrealistic expectations?
