Re:Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
by wongarsu on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @12:57PM
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Killing embryos is more akin to abortion (before the 12th week, that's pretty much the definition of abortion). The topic of abortion is still widely debated (especially in the US), and your comment isn't doing it any more justice than your parent comment.
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Re:Macular degeneration: 'I've been given my sight back'
by hcknwscommenter on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @01:58PM
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I would slightly disagree. Abortion requires removal/destruction of an implanted embryo. The scientific consensus in the field is that these "embryonic" cell masses used to make embryonic stem cells have no possibility of becoming a human being using current technology. In vitro fertilization techniques implant much earlier embryos than what are used here.