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I believe these guardians of human rights are the ones who did the redefining...a zygote has been considered pre-embryonic for a very long time. Kathleen 2009/4/4 rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> > Georgia Legislature Passes Nation's First Embryo Adoption Law > Contact: Daniel Becker, Georgia Right to Life, 678-524-9504 > > > ATLANTA, April 3 /Christian Newswire/ -- By a vote of 108 to 61, the > Georgia House sent the nation's first ever embryo adoption bill, HB 388, to > the desk of Governor Sonny Perdue for him to sign into law. > > "We are pleased that we are making headway in our goal of establishing > personhood for the pre-born" says Daniel Becker, President of Georgia Right > to Life. "Gone are the terms designating the human child at an embryonic > stage as property ... devoid of rights." says Becker. > > The language of the bill stops short of declaring full personhood for > the child but does introduce new terms that acknowledge for the first time > that an embryo has "rights and responsibilities" that are owed to it under > Georgia law. "Legal embryo custodian" replaces "embryo donor" throughout > Georgia's new code sections dealing with embryo adoption. No longer is an > embryo described as being "donated" by its genetic parent. > > "Gametes, cars, old clothes and other property are 'donated'" says the > bill's author, House Rep. James Mills, "not children ... they are adopted." > > It also clarifies that an embryo's life begins "at a single-celled" > stage. "This is an important distinction as we see the medical community > attempt to lessen the personhood of an embryo by re-defining a zygote to be > a 'pre-embryo'" says Becker. > > "Estimates are that over 40,000 cryo-preserved human embryos are > abiding in concentration cans in our state," says Becker, "this will allow > them an opportunity to have a birthday." > > It is also possible that a Federal Adoption Tax Credit will now be > available to parents to offset the legal costs of adoption. The limit under > IRS guidelines is $11,500. > > "We look forward next year to the passage of a companion bill, SB169, > the Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos. This would effectively ban > therapeutic and reproductive cloning, destructive embryonic stem cell > research and human/animal hybrids." says Becker. The Georgia Senate had > passed SB 169 by a vote of 34 to 22. > > Other pro-life initiatives passed this session include Senate > Resolution 328, "that the members of this body recognize that the right to > life is paramount and the need for protection of the lives of the innocent > at every stage." > > Georgia Right to Life (www.grtl.org) promotes respect and effective > legal protection for all human life from its earliest biological beginning > through natural death. GRTL is one of the number of organizations that have > adopted Personhood (www.personhood.net) as the most effective pro-life > strategy for the 21st century. > > > 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