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Somebody should ask the lawyer, if he got the permission form the embryos to destroy them instead. This is getting ridiculous! R. Rajaraman ********************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: Lawyer represents embryo > Lawyer Represents Unborn Embryo in Federal Court Tuesday > By Kristen Philipkoski October 12, 2007 | 7:05:13 PMCategories: Stem Cell > Research > A Maryland lawyer has filed a lawsuit representing Mary Scott Doe, an > unborn embryo, against Robert Klein, chairman of the California Institute of > Regenerative Medicine, the state-run $3 billion stem cell research funding > agency. > Martin Palmer, a trial lawyer in Hagerstown, Maryland, and founder of the > National Association for the Advancement of Preborn Children (NAAPC, get it? > The website goes to a placeholder as of Friday afternoon), has also > represented several men in paternal rights cases involving unborn embryos. > I spoke to to CIRM spokesman Dave Carlson today (his last day at that post, > by the way) who said the Doe v. Klein, originally filed in 2005, challenges > the right of the state of California to fund embryonic stem cell research, > saying that the destruction of human embryos violates the 13th and 14th U.S. > Constitutional amendments. The embryos, the argument goes, deserve equal > protection under the law (13th amendment) and are being enslaved (14th). > (The image shows human embryonic stem cells dyed green.) > The lawsuit was originally filed in Riverside, California, where a federal > judge said that was the wrong place for it. Palmer should have filed in > either San Francisco, where CIRM is located, or Sacramento, the state's > capital. > On Tuesday, a federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth > Circuit in Pasadena will hear Palmer's appeal of that decision. It's just > procedural, but the case, and others like it, aren't going likely going > away, Carlson predicted: > Obviously we find the argument to be without merit, and frankly somewhat > specious. Palmer appears to have been involved in a number of cases on > behalf of pro-life organizations and it appears what they're trying to do is > establish as a matter of federal law that a human embryo is the same as a > person, which obviously has some implications for a range of different > issues. > ... > Our assumption is that someone like this is going to be suing CIRM from now > until the project ends. It's just going to become a routine cost of doing > business for us. But we believe we're on absolute rock solid legal ground. > He also said the lawsuit can't delay the institute's distribution of funds, > as previous lawsuits did. CIRM is funded by a bond measure, Proposition 71, > which California voters passed in 2004. The first bonds went up for sale a > week ago. > What do you think of the lawsuit? Do you think embryos are being enslaved > and denied equal protection under the law at the hands of Robert Klein? > > > Rayilyn Brown > Board Member AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation > [log in to unmask] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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