Human Life is Intrinsically Valuable — A Critique of 'The Embryo Question'

Human Life is Intrinsically Valuable — A Critique of 'The Embryo Question'

Human life is intrinsically valuable. This is my chief objection to “The Embryo Question,” The New York Times’ three–part series examining the ethical status of embryos. In each piece, IVF patient and “reproductive journalist” Anna Louie Sussman compares different legal and moral conceptions of embryos — everything from a meaningless clump of cells to a unique person with inalienable rights. The series does not come to any firm conclusions about…