Quote Originally Posted by smokelaw1 View Post
Because a clone is a human being (I think we might have had this conversation before), and I do not believe an embryo is.
I'm with Jockeys here. A human is a human, no matter how it is born/comes to be. An embryo is a clump of cells that could, given certain circumstances, and assuming nothing goes wrong, someday become a human.
So, why not then simply create a clone of whomever needs medical help, but then you can stop that clone's development at whatever pre-determined (or rather yet to be determined) point in gestation before it actually gains rights as a human being? Perform a legal abortion and harvest your brandy-new people-parts.

I mean, embryonic stem cells belong to who knows what kind of people, why not be sure of the stem cells, or spare body parts, you will be recieving will be a good genetic match, right?