Please do not send us any more e-mails. Thank you [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Old Enough to Remember; Young Enough to Learn > Greg has offered a clear explanation of how all those surplus embryos come > about. Everybody ought to know by now what has routinely happened to them > in the past and what will happen to them in the future as a result of being > created for purposes of reproduction - the dust bin + many simply fail to > implant. Why do opponents of ESCR not call for IVF clinics to be shut down? > Or is it OK because the original INTENT was reproduction? Some countries > like Italy are attempting to limit the number of blastocysts that can be > created at one time. BUT THE HYPROCRISY STILL REMAINS, DOESN'T IT? > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:36 AM > Subject: Re: Old Enough to Remember; Young Enough to Learn > > > > 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. > > > > This is entirely different issues from stem cells being harvested from > > multiple viable embryos specifically for research purposes. > > --------- > > God bless > > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) > > www.bentwillowfarm.org > >> The last time I researched this issue, probably in 2003, some companies > >> still used "human diploid cells," read fetal tissue from elective > >> abortions, in the preparation of polio vaccine. > >> > >> And in case anybody has forgotten, the President is on record as > >> supporting in vitro fertalization, which deliberately produces excess > >> embryos using superovulation techniques, in order to give potential moms > >> and dads the pick of the litter, so to speak. Those not selected for > >> implantation get a one-way ticket to excess-embryo land, that is, a > >> bio-dumpster. IVF is why we have 400,000 excess embryos to begin with. > >> > >> The hypocrisy of supporting IVF and opposing escr is so Orwellian it > >> makes > >> my head spin - or is that dyskinesia? > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn