''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans..." Hmmm.
Several politicians and talk show hosts come to mind!

2009/3/17 rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>

> Because a teratoma contains the homo sapiens genome it could get personhood
> rights:
>
> "Embryos that develop abnormalities are not normally implanted, Dahl said.
> However, under Ruby's bill, they would have the same rights as human beings,
> she said.
>
> Women can develop a type of ovarian tumor, called a teratoma, that has some
> human features, including bone and teeth. The tumors will not develop into a
> baby, but they ''contain the genome of homo sapien,'' Dahl said.
>
> ''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans,'' Dahl said.
> ''There can be teeth, cartilage, bone, tissue, fat, hair ... An abnormal
> tumor of the ovary would be protected as a person under this bill.''
>
> Senate panel hears arguments personhood
> POSTED: March 17, 2009 Save | Print | Email Email: "Senate panel hears
> arguments on personhood egg bill"
>
> BIISMARCK (AP) - Dr. Stephanie Dahl spends most of her time treating women
> who want to have children, and she believes legislation to give a fertilized
> egg the same rights as a human being could put some of her patients in
> peril.
>
> Should a woman's developing embryo be considered equal to the woman's own
> life, some medical treatments, including chemotherapy for cancer, could be
> questioned because they would put another ''person'' at risk, Dahl told the
> North Dakota Senate's Judiciary Committee on Monday.
>
> Dahl spoke at a committee hearing on legislation, sponsored by Rep. Dan
> Ruby, R-Minot, that seeks to define a person in North Dakota law as ''any
> organism with the genome of homo sapiens.''
>
> Ruby believes that by treating a fertilized egg as a person, North Dakota
> would gain a strategy for arguing in the federal courts that states should
> have the right to define when life begins.
>
> North Dakota and other states then would regain the authority to regulate
> abortion, Ruby said. His said his legislation ''applies the protections of
> our existing laws to babies who are irrefutably distinguishable from the
> mothers carrying them.''
> Senate committee members said they were wary of the bill's implications.
> Sens. Curtis Olafson, R-Edinburg, and Tom Fiebiger, D-Fargo, asked whether
> it would influence doctors to avoid treatment of problem pregnancies because
> of the possible legal ramifications.
>
> The Judiciary Committee will make a recommendation on the bill later,
> followed by a vote in the full Senate. The panel's chairman, Sen. David
> Nething, R-Jamestown, said Monday he was not sure when the recommendation
> would be made.
> Dahl and Dr. Steffen Christensen, reproductive endocrinologists at
> MeritCare Health System's Reproductive Medicine Institute in Fargo, said the
> bill could affect in vitro fertilization treatments in which a woman's egg
> is fertilized with a man's sperm outside the woman's body. The egg is then
> implanted in the woman's uterus.
>
> Embryos that develop abnormalities are not normally implanted, Dahl said.
> However, under Ruby's bill, they would have the same rights as human beings,
> she said.
>
> Women can develop a type of ovarian tumor, called a teratoma, that has some
> human features, including bone and teeth. The tumors will not develop into a
> baby, but they ''contain the genome of homo sapien,'' Dahl said.
>
> ''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans,'' Dahl said.
> ''There can be teeth, cartilage, bone, tissue, fat, hair ... An abnormal
> tumor of the ovary would be protected as a person under this bill.''
>
> Christine Hogan, a Bismarck attorney, said the bill's definition of a
> person was imprecise and difficult to interpret.
>
> ''What exactly is an organism? It has been defined as anything from an
> amoeba to a cell to a being with organs,'' Hogan said. ''How do we know when
> an organism is a person?''
>
> Defending the legislation in court would be a certain loser, and would cost
> the state millions of dollars to boot, Hogan said.
> Gualberto Garcia Jones, a former attorney for the American Life League in
> Washington, D.C., argued the legislation offers a new angle in the legal
> struggle over abortion rights.
>
> It attempts to avoid existing U.S. Supreme Court decisions, which have
> focused on the right to privacy, in favor of asserting that the
> Constitution's 10th Amendment gives states the right to regulate abortion,
> Jones said.
>
> The strength of Ruby's bill is that it does not directly mention abortion,
> embryonic stem-cell research ''or any other hot-button issue,'' Jones said.
> ''Instead, it asserts the fundamental right of a state to govern itself.''
>
>
> Rayilyn Brown
> Director AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
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