The embryo had already been destroyed prior to my decision.

What else is at stake, then, when embryos are destroyed?

But in most cases a human embryo must be destroyed to obtain them.

The embryos, though only a few days past fertilization, are destroyed in the process.

Congress has forbidden the use of federal funds for any research in which a human embryo is destroyed.

It has become an emotional debate because the research involves destroying embryos.

But this research is controversial, because it requires that embryos be destroyed.

But all the embryos were destroyed at some point.

Federal financing for research in which human embryos are destroyed has been banned by Congress since 1995.

Supporters of the research note that the embryos would eventually be destroyed anyway.