>>> if human embryos are too primitive or too unlike born human beings to merit protection, then the rational position is that they should be used for everything or anything. if human embryos are too primitive or too unlike born human beings to merit protection, then the rational position is that they should be used for everything or anything.
To play devil's advocate (I support the President's position because it is the President's): why is it an all or nothing proposition? Can't these life forms have less value than a developed human but more value than Baco's? Should we be using cats as salad garnishes because they are not as "valuable" as humans?
Basically, while I always support the President, I am not sure your "only rational" approach to this issue is rational at all.
Oh, a lot of people make this argument. Of course, a lot of people make the argument that a quadrapalegic or somebody with Parkinson's is a life form with less value than a "normal" human being. Once you start assigning relative values to various kinds of human life, it does not make sense to draw a line at some arbitrary point.
Of course, people do. That doesn't make it right.