is making the dumbest argument for expanded funding of embryo-killing research that I have ever heard. His view is that we allow adults to decide to risk their lives for the greater good–as in the case of members of the armed forces. He argues that if the embryos were capable of voluntarily deciding to sacrifice themselves for the good of science, some of them would; and since parents have custody of their children, they can make this choice for them.

Really. That’s his argument. He doesn’t deny that the embryos are living human beings–he explicitly says that he believes that they are.

If there are any parents out there who want to sacrifice their children for science, they’ve got a green light from one committee chairman.