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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (14665)	11/13/2006 6:20:03 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) of 71588

I can tell you really don't understand the situation, Kevin. An apodeictic argument can be made that once the sperm fertilizes the egg the potential for a human being is initiated. The argument over when that becomes a baby is no-win situation because the sides can't agree on what constitutes a baby. The problem with monkeying with the fundamental origins of human existence is the potential for abuse. I don't care how many safeguards you have in place, somebody is going to abuse that knowledge. If you place the boundary in a gray area, there will always be someone trying to push the limits. It's clear that no potential for a human being exists before the egg and sperm are united, because each has only half the genes necessary. That is a clear and indisputable line, the abuse of which is easily established. We have already seen how people can insert genes from a jellyfish into a mouse, and come up with a mouse that glows in the dark. It's only a matter of which genes are inserted where until we have the strange Island of Doctor Moreau on our hands. Do you understand now?

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