According to the Sam Harris’ article, since a 3 day old embr…

According to the Sam Harris’ article, since a 3 day old embryo is a collection of 150 cells and a fly’s brain has over 100,000 cells he makes a case that stem cell research of embryos is immoral. Harris argues that out of human dignity we should allow the embryo to develop and surpass a fly’s brain. Stopping the embryo’s life before its potential development is a tragedy, he contends.

In the Stanford article it stated those who support HESC do…

In the Stanford article it stated those who support HESC do so within the 5 day embryo state (or 16 days after fertilization). They reason they require the stem cells at the 5 day mark, the article indicates, is because at this stage there is not yet a “human being.”