Posted by Greg at December 13th, 2006

I’ve talked about stem cells before, and I don’t think that clumps of cells inside women count as anything more than clumps of cells. No matter when you believe that clump of cells becomes a human, I think everyone can agree that this is even more wrong than it is weird:

Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests.

So, to recap–

Risky but ok:

There is a trade in stem cells from aborted foetuses, amid unproven claims they can help fight many diseases.

Not ok:

But now there are claims that stem cells are also being harvested from live babies.

This is a real “what the hell” moment.