>The question then becomes how to classify an egg as discarded. What if we >say it is ok to use discarded eggs, then ten years from now we find that in >vitro clinics are conveniently fertilizing ten times the number of eggs they >had in the past, and low and behold the extra embryos were harvested for >stem cells? Do we file charges against clinics? I have no idea, but the very >thought of it is chilling.
That's where we can look to other countries like Great Britain for the types of regulatory controls that they have on such research. I too am very much in favor of embryonic stem cell research, but very uncomfortable with it happening in the totally unregulated environment we have in this country. If you look at IVF for instance, there are already serious ethical questions that should be addressed. I think that's a bit part of why there still is a lot of objection to federal funding of the research, because we really have no control over exactly how it will be used or how far they will go. We really need to have something in place to deal with those issues first, IMO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225428 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
