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...predictable response to this, of course, is the claim that 16-celled??or eight-celled, or whatever number seems sufficiently small—embryos are not human beings at all. After all, we are told repeatedly, they are just a “clump of cells,” and killing them is no different from disposing of a patch of dry skin or clipping your toenails. Besides, they’re in petri dishes, and what kind of human beings live in petri dishes? Not you or I, certainly. Embryos don’t have feelings, they...

Author: By Ross G. Douthat, | Title: Send In the Clones | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

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