re: #741 nikis-knight

He said it becomes a human baby, not it becomes a human being. A human embryo is a human being, as is a fetus, child, and adult. The turning point between one stage and the next is an arbitrary line in time.

I would say that the point at which our society decides to extend legal protection to an incipient human being is arbitrary. That is to say that our Constitution is silent on the matter. Therefore, it is up to we the people through our elected representatives to make such determinations (as long as we don’t violate any other part of our Constitution in so doing). It is up to the democratic process to decide when and if abortion or stem cell research or other related reproductive laws. So if you don’t want to see stem cell research continue, convince enough of your fellow citizens of the rightness of your opinions. That is (or should be) your only recourse.