Embryo and fetus are two different things. An embryo becomes a fetus at the end of eighth week after conception. The embryos used for embryonic stem cell research are always created in the lab and are destroyed on the 5th or 6th day of life, if you want to call it that. Fetus farming was just banned. That's where the woman becomes pregnant for a while and at some stage they abort the fetus for research.
On 7/21/06, Dana Tierney wrote: > well I think there has to be a fetus that does not live in order for fetal > cells to be used, right? But the thinking is that stem cell research will > cause *more* abortions? Cause I don't quite see that. Or if it is simply that > a fetus is life and therefore you cannot use its parts then why are > transplants ok? I am just not sure I see where the positions are. > > > I have not said anything about stem cells because I've been busy and > > because, to be honest, I did not exect any kind of legislation to ever > > pass to get to the veto stage. > > > > But here we are, andmy question is -- the opposition to stem cell > > research comes from some secret conviction that if it is allowed women > > will deliberately conceive so they can sell the fetuses? Is that it? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211633 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
