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The problem with teratomas may prove to be the problem with stem cell implants - they become malignant in some cases. Teratomas are stem cells gone wild. -------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD,died 11/20/07) www.bentwillowfarm.org > ''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans..." Hmmm. > Several politicians and talk show hosts come to mind! > > 2009/3/17 rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > >> Because a teratoma contains the homo sapiens genome it could get >> personhood >> rights: >> >> "Embryos that develop abnormalities are not normally implanted, Dahl >> said. >> However, under Ruby's bill, they would have the same rights as human >> beings, >> she said. >> >> Women can develop a type of ovarian tumor, called a teratoma, that has >> some >> human features, including bone and teeth. The tumors will not develop >> into a >> baby, but they ''contain the genome of homo sapien,'' Dahl said. >> >> ''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans,'' Dahl said. >> ''There can be teeth, cartilage, bone, tissue, fat, hair ... An abnormal >> tumor of the ovary would be protected as a person under this bill.'' >> >> Senate panel hears arguments personhood >> POSTED: March 17, 2009 Save | Print | Email Email: "Senate panel hears >> arguments on personhood egg bill" >> >> BIISMARCK (AP) - Dr. Stephanie Dahl spends most of her time treating >> women >> who want to have children, and she believes legislation to give a >> fertilized >> egg the same rights as a human being could put some of her patients in >> peril. >> >> Should a woman's developing embryo be considered equal to the woman's own >> life, some medical treatments, including chemotherapy for cancer, could >> be >> questioned because they would put another ''person'' at risk, Dahl told >> the >> North Dakota Senate's Judiciary Committee on Monday. >> >> Dahl spoke at a committee hearing on legislation, sponsored by Rep. Dan >> Ruby, R-Minot, that seeks to define a person in North Dakota law as ''any >> organism with the genome of homo sapiens.'' >> >> Ruby believes that by treating a fertilized egg as a person, North Dakota >> would gain a strategy for arguing in the federal courts that states >> should >> have the right to define when life begins. >> >> North Dakota and other states then would regain the authority to regulate >> abortion, Ruby said. His said his legislation ''applies the protections >> of >> our existing laws to babies who are irrefutably distinguishable from the >> mothers carrying them.'' >> Senate committee members said they were wary of the bill's implications. >> Sens. Curtis Olafson, R-Edinburg, and Tom Fiebiger, D-Fargo, asked >> whether >> it would influence doctors to avoid treatment of problem pregnancies >> because >> of the possible legal ramifications. >> >> The Judiciary Committee will make a recommendation on the bill later, >> followed by a vote in the full Senate. The panel's chairman, Sen. David >> Nething, R-Jamestown, said Monday he was not sure when the recommendation >> would be made. >> Dahl and Dr. Steffen Christensen, reproductive endocrinologists at >> MeritCare Health System's Reproductive Medicine Institute in Fargo, said >> the >> bill could affect in vitro fertilization treatments in which a woman's >> egg >> is fertilized with a man's sperm outside the woman's body. The egg is >> then >> implanted in the woman's uterus. >> >> Embryos that develop abnormalities are not normally implanted, Dahl said. >> However, under Ruby's bill, they would have the same rights as human >> beings, >> she said. >> >> Women can develop a type of ovarian tumor, called a teratoma, that has >> some >> human features, including bone and teeth. The tumors will not develop >> into a >> baby, but they ''contain the genome of homo sapien,'' Dahl said. >> >> ''They are tumors that contain recognizable parts of humans,'' Dahl said. >> ''There can be teeth, cartilage, bone, tissue, fat, hair ... An abnormal >> tumor of the ovary would be protected as a person under this bill.'' >> >> Christine Hogan, a Bismarck attorney, said the bill's definition of a >> person was imprecise and difficult to interpret. >> >> ''What exactly is an organism? It has been defined as anything from an >> amoeba to a cell to a being with organs,'' Hogan said. ''How do we know >> when >> an organism is a person?'' >> >> Defending the legislation in court would be a certain loser, and would >> cost >> the state millions of dollars to boot, Hogan said. >> Gualberto Garcia Jones, a former attorney for the American Life League in >> Washington, D.C., argued the legislation offers a new angle in the legal >> struggle over abortion rights. >> >> It attempts to avoid existing U.S. Supreme Court decisions, which have >> focused on the right to privacy, in favor of asserting that the >> Constitution's 10th Amendment gives states the right to regulate >> abortion, >> Jones said. >> >> The strength of Ruby's bill is that it does not directly mention >> abortion, >> embryonic stem-cell research ''or any other hot-button issue,'' Jones >> said. >> ''Instead, it asserts the fundamental right of a state to govern >> itself.'' >> >> >> Rayilyn Brown >> Director AZNPF >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson 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