So by the time they are 12 years old? > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 2:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: somebody help me on this? > > My belief is that life begins when it can be sustained outside the womb, > even with heroic measures. I don't support abortion as birth control. I > support educating people (including teenagers) in birth control, and the > results of not being careful. > > That being said, IMO an embryo is a potential human, as much as it is a > potential source of stem cells. > > Scott Stewart > > ColdFusion Developer/Administrator > > GlobalNet Services, Inc. > > www.gnsi.com > > 301-770-9610 x358 (Voice) > > 301-770-9611 (Fax) > > > > The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering > this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > notify > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your > computer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:15 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: somebody help me on this? > > My grandfather had his leg cut off due to diabities before he died. If > that > could be cured by a few embryos that may or may not even develop into > life, > then I'm all for it. We're talking cells, not people. > > And if this is a religious issue it show pure lack of faith in God. If you > have faith that God has a plan and will provide for specific people to be > born, then you have no control over it and can use as many embrios as you > want. God will make sure the right ones become people and the wrong ones > become stem cells. > > > > No. The fear is scientist will create life in vitro for the purpose of > > destroying it to get the cells. They say there are 400,000 frozen > > embryos, already fertilized, in storage. Bush wants to let people > > adopt them. So far, under the snowflake program, 81 children have been > > adopted and are now alive. That's such a tiny fraction of the 400k > > that it's not realistic. The problem is the frozen discarded embryos > > might not suffice, so they might need to create fresh ones. They might > > also want to create embryos with known genetic defects so they can > > understand it better and cure that defect. I'm not even sure if I have > > a problem with that but it does sound creepy and I can understand why > > people think it's morally wrong. > > > > On 7/21/06, Dana Tierney wrote: > >> I have not said anything about stem cells because I've been busy and > >> because, to be honest, I did not exect any kind of legislation to ever > >> pass to get to the veto stage. > >> > >> But here we are, andmy question is -- the opposition to stem cell > >> research comes from some secret conviction that if it is allowed women > >> will deliberately conceive so they can sell the fetuses? Is that it? > >> > > > > > > > >
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