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The brand of human dignity sold from pulpits nationwide: if something has to die prematurely, it sure as hell better not be the embryo. If that precious little cluster of love can be saved from the lab (to face the much more dignified fate of slowly degrading in a storage facility) we’ll know that Americans really value life. As for the millions of born people suffering from painful and debilitating diseases… well, they’ll be with God soon.

Compassion at its finest.

In recent news, Britain decided to lift its ban on the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes. And honestly, every ‘pro-life’ website I’ve seen cover the subject has the gall to ask why.

Why? Could it possibly be that many of us, after watching loved ones dwindle away, desperately want to explore the life-saving potential of embryonic stem cells? There is a shortage of human eggs available for research in England, and by inserting a human donor’s DNA into an animal egg, scientists can effectively create an embryo that is 99.9% human. More research, more stem cells, and ultimately - cures.

And no, there won’t be any hybrids walking among us. Implantation is strictly prohibited, and all embryos must be destroyed within fourteen days.