Nbadan
07-23-2006, 04:11 AM
400,000 Frozen Embryos...but only 128 'snowflakes' have been adopted. Will the stem-cell veto hurt the GOP?
by Eleanor Clift
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There are 400,000 embryos languishing in storage tanks at fertility clinics; only a very small number are candidates for adoption. “Even with federal funding available to encourage adoption, the number is 128, which makes it conclusive that these 400,000 embryos will either be used for scientific research or thrown away,” said Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, who supports expanded research. The legislation, which passed by wide margins in the Republican-controlled House and Senate but fell short of a vetoproof two-thirds majority, would only use embryos that would otherwise be discarded, and then only with the written consent of the couple that created them.
MSNBC (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13973858/site/newsweek/)
Eh gad, most of these embryos will be destroyed. Too bad there isn't this much concern by the reich-wing for the non-white, non-embryo children already sitting in orphanages and foster care.
by Eleanor Clift
...
There are 400,000 embryos languishing in storage tanks at fertility clinics; only a very small number are candidates for adoption. “Even with federal funding available to encourage adoption, the number is 128, which makes it conclusive that these 400,000 embryos will either be used for scientific research or thrown away,” said Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, who supports expanded research. The legislation, which passed by wide margins in the Republican-controlled House and Senate but fell short of a vetoproof two-thirds majority, would only use embryos that would otherwise be discarded, and then only with the written consent of the couple that created them.
MSNBC (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13973858/site/newsweek/)
Eh gad, most of these embryos will be destroyed. Too bad there isn't this much concern by the reich-wing for the non-white, non-embryo children already sitting in orphanages and foster care.