Nevertheless, "the dramatic fact that ill and incompatible healthy embryos had been eliminated was eventually hushed up," continues the advisory. "The birth of a human being has been followed by the destruction of other lives, namely the lives of his brothers who were deprived of the right to live," underlines the general secretary’s office of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. The fact was regarded as a "success", a sign of the "scientific progress." Nevertheless, "subordinating human life to standards based on technical efficiency is like reducing human dignity to a mere utilitarian value." In fact, "The unborn brothers have been rejected because they were not useful from a technical point of view. Their dignity has been infringed and the respect every person deserves as a human being has been violated, regardless of any utilitarian consideration." The brother who is born has been chosen for being the most suitable for providing a possible cure. In that way, "his right to be loved as he is, and not to be used as a useful instrument for technology, has been violated."
