The problem with teratomas may prove to be the problem with stem cell 
implants - they become malignant in some cases.  Teratomas are stem cells 
gone wild.
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Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD,died 11/20/07)
www.bentwillowfarm.org

> ''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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