Geoff   10 #1 Posted April 1, 2003 Interesting question I spotted on the BBC's site  Should you create a life to save a life?  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RPG Â Â 10 #2 Posted April 1, 2003 depends if the created life was terminated to save the person who was about to die Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
halevan   11 #3 Posted April 23, 2003 Yes, because the embryo is not a human being at that stage, so it does not suffer when it is used to help a whole human to live. This is an ethical question that society has not been confronted with before, so it very difficult to decide.  On balance I should say yes, although, the truth is we don;t really know if that embryo will feel pain or not, what we do know though is, the life that need's the spare part IS suffering and if it cannot be treated any other way, then it must be right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Snook   10 #4 Posted November 3, 2005 You can't really ever save a life, just prolong it... Maybe we've lost sight of that somehow?  In answer to the question, I don't know! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppins   10 #5 Posted November 3, 2005 Originally posted by Snook You can't really ever save a life, just prolong it... Maybe we've lost sight of that somehow?  In answer to the question, I don't know!  Same answer here too.....Don't know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lizzmobile   11 #6 Posted November 3, 2005 But an embryo has a spirit a short time after conception. Some things are nature's way of exerting population control that we seem to have lost sight of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
chem1st   10 #7 Posted July 25, 2009 Creating one to save one I can't argue with, unless it would involve taking the one created, which would IMO be wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeadingNorth   11 #8 Posted July 25, 2009 But an embryo has a spirit a short time after conception.   There's no evidence that a spirit exists at all, let alone at what time after conception. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...