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It sure is ridiculous and it is hurting us. I have a buckle-in-the-bible-belt relative who is working against SCNT in MO. She says this is because everyone who has studied the Bible can't prove it wrong. What this has to do with SCNT I don't know, as this research did not exist in biblical times. Don't ever underestimate the influence of these people. Ray Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rengaswami RAJARAMAN" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:37 AM Subject: Re: Lawyer represents embryo > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn