The Constitution lays down that human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected. As Eamonn O'Dwyer, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, wrote in The Irish Times a few days ago: "If human dignity is inviolable, as the Constitution states it is, then surely the human embryo is entitled to respect and protection." He wrote that there are two compelling arguments against the use of human embryonic stem cells for therapeutic purposes. First, he said that obtaining such cells necessarily involves the death of the embryo. Can this be morally right? The answer has to be an emphatic "No".