According to a scientist who was working with fetal tissue and spoke at the PAN seminar a year ago...they need tissue from at least 7 (seven) different fetuses for one transplant and many do not have acceptable tissue. That excludes the possibility of someone getting pregnant to have an abortion in order to donate the tissue. nina brown 56/11 Camilla Flintermann wrote: > > Dear Ruth-- I just re-read your post, below, and realized that you seem to > be assuming that fetal tissue research to cure PD implies abortions would > be performed specifically for that research.