[asa] The unexpected burden of IVF

From: <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
Date: Thu Sep 06 2007 - 12:57:26 EDT

In looking up something for the "worthy response" thread.  I came across this article.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/07/souls_on_ice.html

There are several interesting points in this article.  First of all they estimate that there are 500,000 embryos in cryo storage without any clear destination.

Second, I am impressed with how much these parents struggle with the issue of these frozen embryos, and what to do with them.  If there are so many people that think of these embryo's as human, that gives some weight to David O's view that because they are potentially people they are people.  (And even though I find it interesting it is not enough to convince me that David's position is correct.)

Third, I expect someone to mention Nazi medical experiments with this comment, but if the embryos are there, and they are just going to be destroyed, why shouldnt we use them for stem cell research, even if one thinks that they are fully human?

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