The controversy has to do with using C-E-L-L-S, Mary Ann, not people. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:10 AM Subject: Re: Old Enough to Remember; Young Enough to Learn > That may be true - but the controversy has to do with using embryos, not > the > cells of a dead fetus. > ------------ > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) > www.bentwillowfarm.org > >>> >From what I've read, those cell lines were developed from *2* fetuses, >>> > both >>> >>> of which had been aborted - neither of which had been destroyed to >>> construct those cell lines. Since these cells continue to grow there is >>> no >>> need to harvest further diploid cells. >> >> >> looks like fetal cells have been used since the 1930s... >> http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=121&id=1820&tcode=nws3 >> >> Maryse >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: >> 9/29/2006 >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: 9/29/2006 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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