The National Institute of Health meeting held a meeting that discussed the ethics of experimenting on human embryos.
Panel consultant Charles McCarthy said that perhaps experimenting on these developing human lives is respecting them – somehow. In his own words:
“using or involving an embryo in research may, in and of itself be a mark of respect” even if involves destroying and discarding the embryo.
Panelist Brigid Hogan agreed:
“Perhaps the way you can show the most respect to an embryo is to do the very best possible research with it from a scientific point of view.”
Yes, poking and prodding and splicing and injecting chemicals into a developing human embryo is more respectful than allowing it to be implanted so it could grow into the baby it’s meant to become. Sometimes you just can’t explain this kind of twisted thinking.
Richard Doerflinger , “the Human Embryo Research Panel: Creating Life to Destroy It”
From the pamphlet “Fetal Experimentation: Violating Ethical Standards” Life Cycle, March 1996
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