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Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by Pips@lemmy.film to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] StringTheory@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don’t understand how it is more ethical to create an embryo from a stem cell than to create one from a sperm and egg. Both are viable, neither is a person. How are they different?

(Keeping the stem cell version in vitro past the the age when it would need to implant isn’t really a solution/distinction because we can do the same thing with a sperm-and-egg version.)

[–] outer_spec@lemmy.studio 1 points 2 years ago

Both are viable, neither is a person.

The Catholics would disagree with you on that one.