Stem cell technique to save embryo tested

The new technique manipulates embryos so they are inherently incapable of implanting in the uterus, which some see as a possible ethical advantage.

If the technique works in people, it might divide the anti-abortion movement into those who accept or reject in vitro fertilisation, because the objection to deriving stem cells would rest on creating embryos in the first place, not on their destruction. 8220;This gets around all of the ethical arguments, except for that small minority of the pro-life community that doesn8217;t even support in vitro fertilisation,8221; said Republican Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett. 8212;NYT