The Moral Status of the Human Embryo: “Intermediate”/ “Special Status” is Invalid

There is absolutely no question on a biological basis that the 1 celled human zygote and in every stage thereafter is in fact biologically human with a complete human genetic code (genome). To suggest that it is something other than human (intermediate) in nature, essence and kind is to suggest that it is not human at all. There is no philosophically valid way to treat the human embryo as anything other than a full human person. Every argument that attempts to deny full personhood to the human embryo results in denying it to other members of the human species as well. The intermediate or special status for the human embryo must be rejected.