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Dear Rayilyn Brown, I hear what you are saying, does that mean that Dolly the sheep that was a clone from an egg no sperm not a real sheep. What about the kitten that came from an egg no sperm was that a real kitten. I saw on TV where and independent company cloned an mans DNA from an egg and they said if it was implanted into an woman it would become a child. Just because there is no sperm involved does not mean there is no life. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Debra/no sperm in SCNT > Debra, there is NO sperm involved at all in SCNT. Conception doesn't take > place, at all, unless you think this is "immaculate" conception. This fact > will not change your mind, but it is true. > > I might use an egg from my niece (she is not going to use all of them) and my > own DNA to possibly cure my PD. Don't I deserve that chance if I want it? > As you know, eggs are lost every month naturally. Are we going to retrieve > all of them since some people, I guess, think they are people? And what > about all those thousands of embryos in in vitro clinics that have been > discarded over the years since Louise Brown was born? Snowflakes is trying > to get them, the ones left over, adopted. > > If I believed I was killing another human being to cure myself, of course, I > wouldn't do it. I think it all comes down to what we think a person is. I > do not believe an acorn is an oak tree or an egg is a chicken and I don't > believe stem cells are people. I have a more spiritual idea of an entity > being more than matter. > > I have a cousin whose son died a horrrible death (it took 7 yrs) at 35 from > cystic fibrosis. She opposes stem cell research because she believes that > people pre-exist somewhere before birth and by supporting this research she > would be preventing them from being born. I come down on the side of living > beings rather than hypothetical ones. All the people who could possibly be > born are not going to be. Is this what you and others want? > > I think Terry's explanation of what the science is is true, altho I doubt it > will change anyone whose mind is already made up. Also, you don't have to > use any cure or treatment you believe is immoral, like Jehovah's Witnesses > won't have blood tranfusions. > Rayilyn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn