It would seem that the establishment of researching guidelines that prevents the harming of a subject, for research purposes, has set a precedent, and that this violates right to know laws, as there is no informed consent from the embryo. This protocol is completely absent.
The promises of embryonic stem cell research are great though.
However, would science be able to live up to these promises? At what point is it playing at God? At what point are doctors doing no harm? At what point do physicians and scientists waiver the rights of what may or may not be human beings? At what point is the cure of disease so great that the moral scales tip in favor of the proponents of research and make the moral objections of the opponents merely whispers in the wind? Only time will tell.
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