Stem cell update: "Doctor: Couples Open to Donating Embryos"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of couples with stored embryos from fertility treatments say they would be willing to donate unused embryos for stem cell research, says a doctor who surveyed patients.

"Large numbers of infertility patients ... support using embryos for research, and these are people who have invested emotionally and financially in these embryos," Dr. Anne Drapkin Lyerly of Duke University said in a telephone interview Wednesday.

Use of stem cells derived from embryos is a moral issue that has troubled politicians, religious and medical leaders and couples with stored embryos. And it's an issue with strong advocates on both sides. The problem is, obtaining stem cells kills the embryo.

Many see this as wrong and argue that they are protecting life. That's what led President Bush to veto a bill Wednesday that would have eased limits on using embryos in research.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070620/D8PSQM0O1.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Kick

[blondeatlast]

2. We can't let intelligent adults make decisions about their own most

private matters; we're just human beings.

Leave those matters to the government: :scared:

[Bluebear]

3. Sorry, George W. Bush and Jesus know what is better for us. nt