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At 01:18 PM 10/04/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Sorry, Marjorie, but I appreciated his post. In a battle to be fought, a >person needs to know all he can about the others sides positions. >It was very educational. Darwin, Its only educational if it is kept with the correct subject. Please, lets not mix apples and oranges here. When I read that article this morning in my newspaper, I wondered how long it would be before someone tried discussing selective embryo research and S.2015 in the same breath. I don't oppose people discussing the Ethics of Embryo selection, on this list or anywhere else for that matter, this is a free country, everyone, including me, is entitled to their own opinion. What I do want to avoid is ,anyone being confused into thinking that if we get S.2015 passed ,then well have these horrible ethical questions to answer. I for one don't think we should stop any research because of the "slippery slope of "what If's." I'm sure I'd have done the samething that couple in CO. did, and I'll even go one better, and tell you I'd do it to save my dog ,if it were possible. S.2015 has nothing to do with selective embryo research anymore than it has anything to do with abortions, selling body parts or all the other "Urban Legends" that are being touted by persons, who would condemn already living persons to save cells, which can never live and will be discarded. Unfortunately, I have a Brother & Sister in Kansas who are just as confused as many other persons I have discussed this with. Of course, you have to remember, I'm an anomaly to them, I'm the only person in my family for 7 generations to have PD, and they really don't know what to do with me. just me, Marjorie