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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." End of article. I would be happy to mail a copy of the entire to anyone who would request it. Philip J Lammers 58/15 [log in to unmask]