Implications Science Has for Ethics*

Hwang Woo-suk, who has acheived scientific infamy by falsifying his stem cell research data, will  nevertheless acquire a bit of philosophical recognition as he crops up in future case studies relating medical ethics to the alleged achievements of modern science.  It is an absolute shame that this revelation will bolster those who, in virtue of their antiquated religious commitments, are opposed to stem cell research.  To counter the villainous Hwang's negative effect, I will take this opportunity to remind my readers of a bona fide scientific discovery with ethical implications.   If god does exist, then it appears he/she/it is the biggest abortionist of all time, since 60% - 80% of inseminated eggs fail to attach to the uterine wall. [link] Of the fertilized eggs which do manage to make it up the fallopian tube and attach, on average, greater than 30% are spontaneously aborted (miscarried) during weeks 5-27 of gestation. [link] I suppose that a religous  fanatic could counter with the retort that this is our fault, i.e., a natural consequence of our fall from the state of grace, but I think only a religious fanatic could find that plausible.

* I wonder what a Usage Panel would say about this locution?  Using a wildcard search on Google returned about 250 hits (many at .edu domains) with and 300 without redundant results excluded.  Yet Google claimed there were 127,000 results?  Still, that's not too many.  Maybe it's the two singular nouns that are bothering me.  Or maybe it's just late.