If we say that embryos are 'nonviable' and therefore have no right to life, how do we avoid saying that people with Alzheimer's are viable and still have a right to life?
Embryos have the potential to develop into healthy, productive human beings with long life spans. Alzheimer's victims do not have this potential, regardless of the legal status of stem cell research.
Perhaps we should be talking about performing medical research on Alzheimer's victims, to study how we might improve the lives of embryos.
Does that sound cruel? Well, it is equally cruel to sacrifice the babies for the old people. And our society is the first society in human history to conceive of doing just that. We've come a long way from the decks of the Titanic, where millionaires allowed children from steerage to take their places on the lifeboats.
Does that sound cruel? Well, it is equally cruel to sacrifice the babies for the old people. And our society is the first society in human history to conceive of doing just that. We've come a long way from the decks of the Titanic, where millionaires allowed children from steerage to take their places on the lifeboats.
VERY well said.