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that there is a kind of idolatry in a science that would reduce the 
human embryo to just so much biological material. What I have tried 
to show in this report is that such concerns need not be limited to 
those who think that the early embryo is fully a person. Nor should 
this kind of concern be limited to those who oppose stem cell 
research. I do not think the early embryo is a person and I believe 
that both embryonic and adult stem cell research should go forward 
under a system of strict regulation. Nevertheless, I confess to being 
haunted by the passages with which I began and I believe that 
future debates on stem cell research must take very seriously the 
worries about commodification and the possibility of fundamentally 
changing the trajectory of a human life.^® 
FIGURE A 
Jimmy Margulies, Editorial Cartoonist 
The Record . Hackensack, New Jersey 
Cartoon used with permission of the artist. 
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