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What about hair-clippings ? don't they have DNA in them ? Quoting Mary Ann Ryan <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn