Stem cell project violates basic ethical principles

I WOULD like to express my total outrage at the recent decision of my former college, UCC, to permit research on human embyros to take place under its authority.

A human embryo is a human being at the earliest stage of his or her existence. All the embryo needs to grow and flourish is time and the right environmental conditions — just like any human being at any stage of his or her development.

Experimenting on powerless human beings is simply the victory of the strong over the weak.