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- From: garvin+@cs.cmu.edu (Susan Garvin)
- Subject: Re: CLINTON ACTION ON FETAL TISSUE EXPECTED TO BRING NEW TREATMENTS
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- References: <74215@cup.portal.com> <1993Jan23.180307.7280@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:55:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.180307.7280@ncsu.edu> dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- #In article <74215@cup.portal.com>
- #L-Bueno@cup.portal.com (Louis Alberto Bueno) writes:
- [DODie's insistence that we all recognize his ignorance of
- biology deleted]
- ## In 1988, before the ban was imposed, a federal advisory committee
- ## recommended the use of fetal tissue in treating Parkinson's. It drew up
- ## guidelines designed to prevent women from getting abortions in order to
- ## provide fetal tissue for loved ones or for money. The guidelines also say
- ## that doctors should not change their abortion techniques to help preserve
- ## fetal tissue for research.
- #
- #None of these guidelines can prevent pregnant women from believing
- #that they would be helping another person by aborting and donating
- #the fetal remains.
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- If the tissue from the fetus is usable, she would be helping another
- person. I'm not sure if the Rev is advocating lying to women, or
- if he is just complaining because many women are capable of seeing
- the obvious despite his church's attempts to lie to them.
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- Susan
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