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Part of my argument for stem cell research naturally derives from my pro choice views. An embryo is just that, an embryo. Whether or not it can be considered a person is highly debatable. At any stage during which stem cells would conceivably be harvested, it lacks the central nervous system necessary to feel pain or even care about its state of being. If one accepts a woman’s right to choose abortion, then an embryo about to be aborted is essentially terminal. What harm can there be, then, by using it for the benefit of others? After all, the embryo is little more than a clump of organic tissue, no more a person than a harvested organ.