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Discuss Religion Notify me of new comments Author Thread: If embryonic stem cell research is murder, then what will we do with 400,000 unborn, frozen refugees Pundit If embryonic stem cell research is murder, then what will we do with 400,000 unborn, frozen refugees Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2005 11:42 AM (PST) David Corn examins this GOP created "problem" in "Leave No Blastocyst Behind"   There is a problem for GOPers and social conservatives who oppose expanding stem cells research: what to do with all those frozen blastocysts (early embryos of 100 or so cells) that are sitting in fertility clinics across the country. There are an estimated 400,000 orphaned blastocysts. They were created for couples using in vitro fertilization and then no longer needed.   If DeLay considers stem cells research equivalent to "human dismemberment," then shouldn't he favor criminalizing it?   There is no law that prohibits fertility clinics from tossing the no-longer-needed blastocysts into the trash. Should such a practice be declared murder and outlawed? At the least, Bush and DeLay ought to come out and oppose in vitro fertilization that produces extra blastocysts.   Read the full article here:   http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050609/leave_no_blastocyst_behind.php   Comments: Flat Nested Threaded Embedded Oldest First Newest First Author Thread: Pundit If embryonic stem cell research is murder, then what will we do with 400,000 unborn, frozen refugees Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:08 PM (PST) Ellen Goodman asks about snowflakes in June.   http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002324025_goodman10.html   When people claim to believe that a frozen embryo is the moral equal of a child, ethicists like to pose this question: If a clinic is on fire and you could save either a 2-year-old or a vial full of embryos, which would you pick?   Donielle Brinkman and her husband received 11 frozen embryos from a clinic. After four transfers of multiple eggs and three miscarriages over several years, she gave birth to Tanner. According to their reasoning — not mine — if all the embryos were persons, did she produce one child and destroy 10?