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Very well said, m'friend.... very well said.

Barb Mallut
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joao Paulo Carvalho <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Study: Fetal cells ease life for Parkinson's patients


>Dear friend,
>
>I can understand yours religion concerns but please do not
confound issues as
>long the researches are not killing or taking lives  of new
possible lives .
>The only aim I can see  is to find cure for living people and
victims of
>cruel diseases .
>
>I think if the concern is with saving lives the better would be
to avoid
>misery , diseases and hungry that kills children daily by
thousands  in the
>whole planet and do not find as much defenders as in the the case
of other
>controversial issues. This is a real fact that the majority of
the people
>think is not their problem and seems to forget that that planet
and the life
>in it was created as one and whole , and frontiers and countries
were created
>by men with all their limitations  This as consequence demands a
question :
>what should be done about it ?
>
>Love, peace and warms regards.
>
>Joao Paulo ,
>
>
>philip j lammers wrote:
>
>> Following is a portions of a letter which I submitted to The
Sheboygan
>> Press in the Letters To The Editor.  It  was printed on
December 11, 1992
>>   It was in response to an article entitled "Fetal tissue
research looks
>> promising " by a columnist by the name of Joan Beck.
>>
>> It was my opinion in 1992 and  it is one which I feel even
stronger about
>> today. I quote the letter in part:
>>
>> KILLING A FETUS NO SOLUTION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
>>
>> ....................In one of her paragraphs, Ms. Beck states,
"But such
>> successes do offer hope that fetal tissue transplants can be an
effective
>> treatment for Parkinson's Disease..........."
>>
>> It would not and does not offer hope to me.  I cannot even
begin to
>> consider that an unborn life , one that  has not as yet enjoyed
the love
>> of family and the many joys of God's creation , should have to
give up
>> its life so that I might be able to possibly extend my 52 years
with an
>> improved state of health.
>>
>> ..........In the fetal tissue transplant,  the donor must give
up its
>> life.
>>
>> You say, there is no life in a fetus as it has not as yet been
born.
>> Earlier in her column Ms. Beck states , "But fetal tissue is
necessary
>> for such transplants .  Fetal cells can survive long enough for
the
>> procedure to be done."  I think the key word in this quote is
"survive".
>> For something to survive, there had to be life as indicated in
The
>> American Collegiate Dictionary under the definition of
"survive".
>>
>> ...........One person has already given His life for me that I
might have
>> a fuller life.  It is His birth that we celebrate this
Christmas season
>> And that is the only life I need to have been given for me."
>
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