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Old 10-15-2008, 12:47 PM
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It proves no such thing. It proves that there are treatments that don't require embryonic stem cells. It doesn't prove that embryonic stem cells were not used to develop this technique, and it doesn't prove that there aren't other therapies where only embryonic stem cells are helpful (not that this can ever be proven).
I never said human embryos weren't being used in research and medical use. All I said is there are alternatives in use today.

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Originally Posted by aklim
So what if we use aborted fetuses? They were scheduled to be aborted anyways
Scheduled for abortion??
Kinda like catching a train by the way you make it sound.

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I would say that at this time, that fetus is not really a young human. More akin to a parasite that cannot survive without the parent.
That's a horrible analogy. Parasites don't have a "parent" they have a unwilling host. Completely different.
So exactly when does the fetus become a human??
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