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- bonnieshull, on 11/19/2008, -3/+89Every year there are great numbers of children born to parents who cannot care for them. These children wind up as wards of the state, bouncing through foster homes until they are adopted or come of age. Despite the fact that adopting such a child is free and in some cases even pays a small stipend, most of these children never find a home.
Why? Because they are undesirable. They are too old, an overwhelming majority are not of Caucasian descent, they have special needs (often the result of malnutrition or drug use in the mother, or lack of adequate care as an infant), and they have behavior problems caused by their original home environments and the stresses of the foster care system.
In general, I applaud the pro-life establishment for providing its constituents with an opportunity to take direct action to save a life. However, I feel that their focus is misguided. Given the opportunity, should you save the potential life of a frozen two-celled embryo, or alleviate the suffering of an existing living human child?
If pro-life supporters would be willing to step forward and clean up the mess created by lack of contraceptives and access to abortion in the poverty stricken segments of our society, then they will simultaneously improve our country, give innumerable children the salvation they deserve, and provide a sound working example of the efficacy of abortion alternatives. - KaiserArny, on 11/19/2008, -3/+73Like adoption of already living children would be one cause they should think of first.
- Hetman, on 11/19/2008, -2/+54Bill Mahar asked the christian envangelist to do this about 2 years ago. I believe his exact words were "Put your womb where your mouth is"
- floridiot2, on 11/19/2008, -20/+67This church is giving embryos to people that God has already deemed unworthy of having children by making them infertile. Why must people always go against God's will by imposing their own beliefs??
- inactive, on 11/19/2008, -2/+48I appreciate her feelings that her daughter was a "gift". How about the gift of saving existing lives?
- drex8, on 11/20/2008, -3/+37What about semen adoption? So much get thrown away on an everyday basis. :(
- Hetman, on 11/19/2008, -3/+37I agree with you. I also agree if God wanted women to have babies he would miracle it into their womb. If it is good enough for Marry it should be good enough for Christian women.
- RogerStrong, on 11/20/2008, -1/+35I think you missed the satire there....
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -2/+35Do they specify if the embryos have to be human? Or can I turn in a carton of eggs?
So many unanswered questions. - PGPirate, on 11/20/2008, -3/+33***** cancer, Type 1 diabetes, spinal cord injuries and ALS. Lets hold onto cells instead of adopting REAL childen.
/HUGE facepalm - seltaeb4, on 11/20/2008, -2/+31Wow, how about adopting real live children instead?
As our former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders once said, the Christian Right "needs to get over its love affair with the fetus." - wedges, on 11/20/2008, -1/+28whoooooooooooooosh (thats the sound of the humor going over your head)
- inactive, on 11/19/2008, -3/+28You're an idiot.
- mrjohnnycake, on 11/20/2008, -4/+26I thought this was an Onion article when I first saw it. Sadly, I was wrong.
- almk, on 11/20/2008, -4/+25It's kind of sad, but if I had embryos frozen somewhere, I think I'd rather they go to research to cure disease than to be raised by some crazy fundie family, and I'm Christian myself!
- Dinsdale77, on 11/19/2008, -6/+27Such determination to stop progress.
- dvsbstrd, on 11/20/2008, -1/+20The best adoptive parents I've found thus far are Hanes large over-the-calf socks.
So loving, so caring, so gentile. - Tarsmus, on 11/20/2008, -1/+20Do you want your Failure to Understand Satire merit badge now, or do you want us to iron it on for you?
Oh, and it's sad the people digging him up. Obviously over their heads too. - trollick, on 11/20/2008, -19/+38
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/facepalm - pintomp3, on 11/20/2008, -0/+16http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/zygote.jpg
who wouldn't wanna adopt that cute lil fella? - d0nkeym0nkey, on 11/20/2008, -6/+22Oh dear Jesus, deliver us from religious nutjobs.
- MoneyShot, on 11/20/2008, -1/+16"But even after the egg is fertilized it’s still six or seven days before if reaches the uterus and pregnancy begins. And not every egg makes it that far. 80% of a woman’s fertilized eggs are rinsed and flushed out of her body once a month during those delightful few days she has. They wind up on sanitary napkins and yet they are fertilized eggs. So basically, what these anti-abortion people are telling us is that any woman who has had more than one period is a serial killer." - George Carlin
- GeeksSpeakFont, on 11/19/2008, -1/+16wow.... that's taking it to the next level!!!
- vinigrette, on 11/20/2008, -5/+18***** nut-jobs. what else is there to say?
- kjd84, on 11/20/2008, -4/+17Because two or two thousand cells does not make a life nor does it have a consciousness.
Anyways I'm 110% behind embryonic stem cell usage. - inactive, on 11/19/2008, -1/+14The embryos should be used in any positive matter. It's agreeing on whats positive that is the problem.
- seltaeb4, on 11/20/2008, -5/+17You know what I don't get? How the very same people who worship a microscopic clump of cells also think that sending off a bunch of teenagers off to get burned up, blown apart, or killed in bogus conflicts based on utterly fabricated evidence designed to provoke international wars in which hundreds of thousands die, with the hidden intent of making trillions of dollars for oil corporations, is somehow consistent with "honoring a culture of life."
But hey, that's just me. - inactive, on 11/19/2008, -4/+16I can already see some perv guys with their jars o' stuff lurking...
- Reynardine, on 11/20/2008, -1/+13Not gonna happen; abortion is too convenient of a wedge issue for the Republican party.
- Ne007, on 11/20/2008, -3/+14Next they will be gathering all the Jyner-pads and tampons they can find and giving them burial services.
- geodebug, on 11/20/2008, -2/+13They are going to need a lot of Bristol's for the vast number of frozen embryos in all the fertilization clinics around the US.
One thing I haven't seen right-to-lifers attack is fertilization clinics/doctors. Seems that couples who have a hard time conceiving, ironically, create the majority embryos that will eventually be destroyed.
Every sperm is sacred. - seltaeb4, on 11/20/2008, -2/+13"Evilutionists"?
Is this some comical William Jennings Bryan reference?
Or did you forget the "sarcasm" tag?
The fact that it isn't apparent is scary; the likelihood that you're not joking is terrifying.
Then again, you're posting under "floridiot2," so I'll soothe myself my just assuming it's satire. - ajde, on 11/20/2008, -0/+10Some people are just desperately stuck on having their own flesh and blood in a child. But after getting to know and love my adopted 4-year-old cousin from China, I'd have no qualms with raising a child from outside my gene pool. You don't love them any less just because they're not biologically yours, and they need you more than a frozen embryo does.
- ZMann, on 11/20/2008, -2/+11Exactly, it's not their genetic baby either way... is the process of birth really worth avoiding all the living orphans in the world?
- manlyandy, on 11/20/2008, -0/+9I guess the idea is that technically an embryo is as much a life as someone already born is what I gather. I don't agree with that, but if they think that then there is no distinction.
Or maybe they are just lazy Christians doing as little as they can to make themselves feel like they've done some good without actually making any progress on the problem. Kinda like my comment I guess. - SpeedSteamBoat, on 11/20/2008, -3/+12Because he's not the one blaring into a loudspeaker every day about the sacredness of human life and how wonderful and worth saving it is now and forever more and declaring anyone who disagrees with him a soulless murderer?
Just a guess. - MisterRik, on 11/20/2008, -2/+11"If I screw up and burn my house down, I don't get a magical "undo" button to make the problem go away. Actions have consequences. Deal with them. You make a child, raise it."
No, but if you notice a tiny fire in your house, you are allowed to grab an extinguisher and put it out before it grows and takes on a life of its own... - jerryterhorst, on 11/20/2008, -0/+8...are there any conservative evangelicals who aren't "prominent?"
- inactive, on 11/20/2008, -4/+12The problem is most of those same religious fundamentalists still view in vetro itself as a sin. I think I was told it was "Adultery" by some priest ***** a few years back. Doesn't really matter as they're all crazy anyway.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 11/20/2008, -1/+9@seltaeb4: I take it you don't have magnetic "Support Our Troops" ribbon on your trunk right next to a Jesus fish.
- RogerStrong, on 11/20/2008, -3/+11No. A gimmick's a gimmick.
- ZenMojo, on 11/20/2008, -0/+7Hey, if they want the unwanted, they can have them. While we're at it, will they start adopting them once they're born?
- wastelander, on 11/20/2008, -1/+8I don't think they should just stop at embryos, I personally have seen millions of baby sperm gone to waste. From now on I plan to send them to Joe Fuiten so that he can adopt them.
- SIRBERUS, on 11/20/2008, -0/+7This is why I do not consider most "pro-life" people actually pro-life... I consider them "pro-birth".
IMHO, most pro-lifers are only pro-birthers... and the second the baby emerges from the womb, they throw up their hands and say "Well, it's the mother's job now."
I believe there is a philosophical problem with being pro-life yet not supporting healthcare for every child or carrying-mother. - Ne007, on 11/20/2008, -1/+8Yes..just think of all the poor spooge that is blatantly tossed on a daily basis!
The SIN! - altgeeky1, on 11/20/2008, -6/+13No, these people do NOT have better causes. They are fundamentalist extremists who aren't at ALL interested in dying poor (giving away all their wealth to the less fortunate). They interpret Arab mythology much the same way as the Taliban really. You have to be mad to understand.
- paintgrl, on 11/20/2008, -0/+6HA HA Gold Star for hilarious.
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 11/20/2008, -1/+7I thought the sarcasm was pretty obvious, myself.
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