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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Someone who opposes the killing or use of embryos might argue that the best way to honor those embryos is to bury them and not use them for anything.
Using an aborted, soon-to-die embryo to help others might be seen as being similar to harvesting organs and tissues from an old patient, without that person's permission, since the person is going to die soon anyway. If you inject sleep medication and then harvest the organs when the patient is asleep, the patient won't even be aware of what's happening. A practical choice, but perhaps not ethical by most ethical standards.
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Of course I wouldn't condone harvesting stem cells from an aborted embryo unless permission was given by the mother. I feel any argument past that is your typical right vs. left squabbling that will never be solved.
I would never support outright stem cell harvesting, though. That would be horribly wrong.