Will Saletan predicts that the president will eventually move toward banning in vitro fertilization. Why?
Only two percent of leftover embryos have been put up for adoption. That’s less than the percentage donated to stem-cell research. So if you’re determined to rescue these embryos and stop the production of more, eventually you have to do what pro-lifers have done in the case of abortion: confront the parents.
Some of that is already happening, as Will shows. It seems to me that this should be directly asked of all those who oppose embryonic stem cell research. Do you believe IVF should be legal? Now watch the GOP splinter.
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