
Bioethicists Deplore Relaxation of 14-Day Limit on Human Embryo Research
‘To experiment on human embryos that are up to 14 days old — extremely vulnerable human lives — is already a grave injustice and a form of exploitation,’ says U.K. scientist.
‘To experiment on human embryos that are up to 14 days old — extremely vulnerable human lives — is already a grave injustice and a form of exploitation,’ says U.K. scientist.
On March 17, scientists reported that they had taken fertilized eggs of mice and grew mouse embryos in an artificial uterus for 11 to 12 days, longer than had ever been recorded.
‘Their value as human beings is profoundly denigrated every time they are created, experimented upon, and then killed,’ said priest-scientist.
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