[MHGinTN]

Then we should also admit that it is a religious distinction contrary to "fallacy" #3 in the original article. You want to use "science" to back up your claim of humanity, but also admit science is attempting to make clones to treat disease. Do those clones exist "exactly as human life is designed to exist" in that scientist's test tube? Yes, the stages along a typical human lifetime aren't changed by the clone attempts, merely manipulated for exploitation. That exploitation of individual human life for cures and profits is unconscionable to me, like harvesting helpless humans to benefit the more powerful humans merely because one can do it.

[palmer]

like harvesting helpless humans to benefit the more powerful humans merely because one can do it

Although we disagree on what stage of human life should be protected, I must draw the line and prohibit humans of any form in test tubes. Science will inevitably lead itself from microscopic humans in test tubes to recognizable humans in vats. While mothers have strong emotional bonds to their children and are capable of empathy, science is amoral and must be kept on a short legal leash.