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Sid, Sid, I have not studied this much, but why can't they donate this to a woman that does not have eggs? If I had to choose between the two, of course I HATE waste and would love to see them used for medical good, but would not want to create a market for this. Jen Dad w/ PD 55/39 P.S. I love the subject heading. You are cracking me up. -----Original Message----- From: Sid Levin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: For "Flaming Jennifer" Re stem cellsl Jennifer, you said, "I believe that if a child is conceived that we do not have the right to extinguish it no matter how it was conceived or who it would help." I find that an admirable thought, but that is not the issue. It is a choice as foillows: A woman uses her eggs for conceiving a desired baby in a test tube. The surplus eggs canot be donated to another woman. So they either incinerate her excess egg or with her permission use the eggs as a source for pluripotent stem cells. These stem cells are not capable of growing into a life form. But research shows that they seemm to be capable of growinginto repair parts. There are only two choices: Incinerate the surplus eggs or use the stem cells within for research to cure many miseries of mankind. Neither choice is easy, but what choice would you make ?