[bigLusr]

Only to those of us who are already against embryonic stem cell research. To those who draw a distinction between conscious life and unconscious life I doubt this story will have any power at all.

[Question_Assumptions]

They key, in my experience, is to point out how quickly abortion slides into infanticide. Why? Because once you don't accept that individual human life should be protected regardless of it's capabilities, the right to life turns into a utilitiarian haggle over the greater good and which specific ability or trait holds the essence of personhood rather than than a God-given right that every living human being inherently has. Any arbitrary trait is as valid as any other (and the choice of traits is generally driven by some utilitarian goal) and the only non-arbitrary trait (non-animal consciousness) isn't clearly present in humans until they are about two years old, well after birth.