DRMANGRUM - Your disrespect for human life shocks me. An unborn child is not "medical waste." Secondly, it is extremely hypocritical of people like you and Mr. Fox to advocate the idea that we should sacrifice life to save life.And before you get on my case and make the assumption that I'm cold-blooded and heartless, you should know that my mother has Parkinson's disease. Granted, it's not as severe as Michael's. But she does have it, and we have no idea if and when it will progress and how severe it will get. But you know what? I have never once heard her voice her support for Michael's "take life to save life" nonsense. You know why? Because she RESPECTS human life, especially the lives of the unborn.
@MSWS,Its worse than than. I think it was something like 75% of all eggs that are fertilized, never implant and are swept away. Of those that do implant, something like 75% of those don't stay implanted and are lost before their mother even knows they were pregnant.For every 1 living human being in the world, their mother has had something like 10 spontaneous abortions without even knowing it. God is the worlds biggest abortionist by a long shot!
I agree SP. How many conservative have you met that are angry about fertility clinics?On a side note, lets get our words straight here. Regardless of what MJF said, the fact is, we are talking about Blastocysts. Not Fetuses or Embryos. A Blastocyst is a cluster of only about 100 cells. It always bugs me when people throw around terms like "Fetal stem cell" or "Embryonic stem cell" when they are really referring to something much less developed.
You're absolutely right. The problem I have isn't with Stem Cell research, rather, it's with embryonic stem cell research, because they destroy embryos in the process of harvesting stem cells. Please don't be so ignorant to think I haven't researched this.
yes, survival will take over - -*Thats* the very reason we have ethics!. There need to be rules formed when were thinking rationally, to contain us when we're not thinking rationally.
Your mother is going to die a martyr...well good for her.... Imagine if Michael J. Fox were your spouse. Could you let him die knowing that there was a way to save him using a few cells from an embryo?? If you could, then your'e more cold hearted than you know.An "unborn child" is a fetus. In medical terminology it is called "products of conception". It is not self aware, not sentient and not alive.
chocobearSep 24, 2007
DRMANGRUM - Your disrespect for human life shocks me. An unborn child is not "medical waste." Secondly, it is extremely hypocritical of people like you and Mr. Fox to advocate the idea that we should sacrifice life to save life.And before you get on my case and make the assumption that I'm cold-blooded and heartless, you should know that my mother has Parkinson's disease. Granted, it's not as severe as Michael's. But she does have it, and we have no idea if and when it will progress and how severe it will get. But you know what? I have never once heard her voice her support for Michael's "take life to save life" nonsense. You know why? Because she RESPECTS human life, especially the lives of the unborn.
dgendreauSep 24, 2007
@MSWS,Its worse than than. I think it was something like 75% of all eggs that are fertilized, never implant and are swept away. Of those that do implant, something like 75% of those don't stay implanted and are lost before their mother even knows they were pregnant.For every 1 living human being in the world, their mother has had something like 10 spontaneous abortions without even knowing it. God is the worlds biggest abortionist by a long shot!
dgendreauSep 24, 2007
I agree SP. How many conservative have you met that are angry about fertility clinics?On a side note, lets get our words straight here. Regardless of what MJF said, the fact is, we are talking about Blastocysts. Not Fetuses or Embryos. A Blastocyst is a cluster of only about 100 cells. It always bugs me when people throw around terms like "Fetal stem cell" or "Embryonic stem cell" when they are really referring to something much less developed.
Closed AccountSep 25, 2007
You're absolutely right. The problem I have isn't with Stem Cell research, rather, it's with embryonic stem cell research, because they destroy embryos in the process of harvesting stem cells. Please don't be so ignorant to think I haven't researched this.
daveheinzelSep 25, 2007
RON PAUL 200... -- oh crap, maybe not.
infofreedom2Sep 27, 2007
it would suck if that "seed" was you i wouldn't have read your great comment. it's a hard subject but maybe people dont need to live so long.
goldfisheyOct 2, 2007
yes, survival will take over - -*Thats* the very reason we have ethics!. There need to be rules formed when were thinking rationally, to contain us when we're not thinking rationally.
hereticchickNov 4, 2007
Your mother is going to die a martyr...well good for her.... Imagine if Michael J. Fox were your spouse. Could you let him die knowing that there was a way to save him using a few cells from an embryo?? If you could, then your'e more cold hearted than you know.An "unborn child" is a fetus. In medical terminology it is called "products of conception". It is not self aware, not sentient and not alive.
hereticchickNov 4, 2007
Indeed...I would puree a hundred aborted fetuses if it would save the life of my family member.