Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
I think stem cell research is risky business (as pointed out in the scallop pork product link smokelaw provided....).

I think they should take all of these embryoes, that would otherwise "be discarded", these embryos will then be cultured for a purpose other than to become humans. Implant them, let them go near to term, errr, I mean, allow the cells to undergo further development, then to intervene and use what's needed for another purpose, remove them, and harvest the fully formed organs for the betterment of an existing human life.

As I said, when they are trying to grow bacon in a petri dish, the results are none too promising. Do you want a stem cell cultured liver that is as soggy as a scallop? Heck no! Get the real deal, fresh livers, kidneys...you name it.
Couldn't we just use the poor for that? I want my petri bacon.

As a serious response, getting into the "further developed" argument, of course, sullies the waters as it does in that other tangentally related argument. When is it LIFE as opposed to the possibility of life? As soon as I have a definitive answer to when life starts, I'll be able to definitively tell you how developed is to developed to "harvest." I am pretty damned confident that pre-implantation embryo is not there yet. We've had this discussion before, though. I don't see it as really even debateable EXCEPT by one that believes "life" begins when egg and sperm join, and mustn't be destroyed by man. Then, of course, it is not an argument. It is just two different beliefs that are not really reconcileable.