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J. P... Very well said, m'friend.... very well said. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Joao Paulo Carvalho <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:02 PM Subject: Re: Study: Fetal cells ease life for Parkinson's patients >Dear friend, > >I can understand yours religion concerns but please do not confound issues as >long the researches are not killing or taking lives of new possible lives . >The only aim I can see is to find cure for living people and victims of >cruel diseases . > >I think if the concern is with saving lives the better would be to avoid >misery , diseases and hungry that kills children daily by thousands in the >whole planet and do not find as much defenders as in the the case of other >controversial issues. This is a real fact that the majority of the people >think is not their problem and seems to forget that that planet and the life >in it was created as one and whole , and frontiers and countries were created >by men with all their limitations This as consequence demands a question : >what should be done about it ? > >Love, peace and warms regards. > >Joao Paulo , > > >philip j lammers wrote: > >> Following is a portions of a letter which I submitted to The Sheboygan >> Press in the Letters To The Editor. It was printed on December 11, 1992 >> It was in response to an article entitled "Fetal tissue research looks >> promising " by a columnist by the name of Joan Beck. >> >> It was my opinion in 1992 and it is one which I feel even stronger about >> today. I quote the letter in part: >> >> KILLING A FETUS NO SOLUTION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE >> >> ....................In one of her paragraphs, Ms. Beck states, "But such >> successes do offer hope that fetal tissue transplants can be an effective >> treatment for Parkinson's Disease..........." >> >> It would not and does not offer hope to me. I cannot even begin to >> consider that an unborn life , one that has not as yet enjoyed the love >> of family and the many joys of God's creation , should have to give up >> its life so that I might be able to possibly extend my 52 years with an >> improved state of health. >> >> ..........In the fetal tissue transplant, the donor must give up its >> life. >> >> You say, there is no life in a fetus as it has not as yet been born. >> Earlier in her column Ms. Beck states , "But fetal tissue is necessary >> for such transplants . Fetal cells can survive long enough for the >> procedure to be done." I think the key word in this quote is "survive". >> For something to survive, there had to be life as indicated in The >> American Collegiate Dictionary under the definition of "survive". >> >> ...........One person has already given His life for me that I might have >> a fuller life. It is His birth that we celebrate this Christmas season >> And that is the only life I need to have been given for me." > >-- > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ >