The argument that the embryo has the potential for life can be taken apart through basic logic.
Yes, an embryo does have that potential, but only if it is implanted in a uterus for it to grow.
However, since these embryos, left over from fertility clincs will never be implanted, there can never be that potential so often talked about. The two options available are either to throw away the embryo, or to use it to help countless people of all generations to come after us.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...67_page2.shtml
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He recently did a survey of the nation’s fertility clinics and found that excess embryos are not only frozen, but many — thousands a year — are routinely destroyed with the patients' consent.
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"Well some people say they’re life, and my response is: you can slowly destroy them or you can destroy them in a quicker way," Caplan says. "But to say that their fate is anything other than destruction is a delusion, and everybody knows it. There’s no escaping it."
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The fact is, these embroys will be destroyed. Either they are used to help countless millions, or they are thrown away.
The problem isn't a lack of morality, it's a lack of education on the subject.