[ID] 4388 [Entry Date] 05/01/2009 at 03:50:28 PM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
The purposeful killing of an embryo, as is necessary for obtaining embryonic stem cells, is the killing of a human being. This violates the 6th Commandment, "you shall not kill." Additionally, itis done without the consent of the individual being killed. Any society which kills the most defenseless of its members for the potential good of the larger group has degraded its values, and has doomed itself.