JDG said:
How terribly disappointing. How anyone could consider a half-cell
to be human is beyond me.
Sperm and ova aren't "half cells". They are whole cells.
Now, here's a question. Suppose we have a fertilised human ovum in a
test tube and some other human cell in another test tube, and we
possess a technological method that can be used to grow the latter
into a clone of the person from whom it was extracted. Should both of
these cells have equal protection in the eyes of the law? After all,
neither will become an adult human without some quite drastic
technological intervention, but both potentially could given such
intervention. If not, why not?
(And we are clearly not very far at all from being able to realise
this situation in a concrete way.)
Rich
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