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Catholic, a chemist but he won't sell the abortifacient pill</a><br>
<font size="-1"><font color="#666666">Sydney Morning Herald</font><br>
He removed condoms from his East Griffith Pharmacy several weeks ago
and has banned the sale of <b>so-called emergency contraception
(emergency abortion)</b> morning-after pills. <b>...</b><br>
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<p><small><strong>Top Researcher Who Worked on
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Warns About its Dangers</strong><br>
<a href="http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=18096&N=429&L=3017&F=H">http://www.naturalnews.com/027196_cancer_cervical_cancer_cancer_vaccine.html</a><br>
<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><font color="#808080">Natural
News<br>
</font></span>One of the key researchers involved in the clinical
trials for both Gardasil and Cevarix cervical cancer vaccines has gone
public with warnings about their safety and effectiveness. This highly
unusual warning against these vaccines by one of Big Pharma's own
researchers surfaced in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Express
in
the UK over the last few days. There, Dr. Diane Harper openly admitted
the
vaccine doesn't even prevent cervical cancer, stating, "[The vaccine]
will
not decrease cervical cancer rates at all."<br>
</small></p>
<p><small><strong>U.S. Bishops Will "Vigorously" Oppose Health Care if
Abortion
Concerns Not Addressed</strong><br>
<a href="http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=18096&N=429&L=3018&F=H">http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09100807.html</a><br>
<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><font color="#808080">Life Site
News<br>
</font></span>Three U.S. bishops have written to Congress
expressing their "disappointment" that the health care bills currently
being considered in Congress have not addressed the issue of federal
funding of abortion, and warning that unless their concerns are
addressed,
the U.S. bishops will have to oppose "vigorously" the health care
reform
legislation.<br>
<br>
<strong>Abortionist Arrested After Punching Woman in
Face</strong><br>
<a href="http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=18096&N=429&L=3024&F=H">http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/marietta-doctor-arrested-in-157626.html</a><br>
<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><font color="#808080">The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution<br>
</font></span>Sandy Springs police have arrested a
Marietta doctor suspected of punching a woman in the face during a
Monday
afternoon road rage incident. Daniel E. McBrayer, 58, was arrested
following an investigation into an assault reported by a woman who told
police that McBrayer, following a traffic altercation, got out of his
car
at the intersection of Roswell and Abernathy roads, walked up to her
car
and struck her in the face, Sandy Springs police Lt. Steve Rose said.
McBrayer is an ob-gyn who, according to the Composite State Board of
Medical Examiners, was disciplined in 2001 for performing
second-trimester
abortions in his Marietta office. Performance of abortions after the
first-trimester in a non-hospital setting or in an unlicensed abortion
facility is a violation of Georgia law.<font color="#000000"><font
size="2"><font face="Arial"><br>
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<p style="font-weight: bold;"><small><font size="6"><small><small><small>J<small>UDIE
BROWN:</small></small></small> <font size="6"><small><small><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font
size="6"><small><small><small><small>OBAMA NOBEL PRIZE ‘SLAP</small></small></small></small></font>
<font size="6"><small><small><small><small>IN THE FACE’ TO BLESSED
MOTHER TERESA</small></small></small></small></font></span></small></small></font></small></font></small></p>
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<p><small><strong>Washington, DC (09 October 2009)</strong> – <span
style="font-style: italic;">The following is a statement from Judie
Brown,
president of American Life League, on the announcement that President
Barack Obama is the 2009 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. </span><br
style="font-style: italic;">
<br>
“Bestowing the Nobel Prize on the most
rabid pro-abortion president in history is a direct slap in the face to
past recipient, [<a href="http://www.motherteresacause.info/">Blessed]
Mother Teresa of Calcutta who said, upon receiving her
Nobel Peace Prize: </a><span style="font-weight: bold;">“the greatest
destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a
direct
killing - direct murder by the mother herself."</span><br>
<br>
“In
awarding the prize to Obama, the Nobel Committee is announcing that
abortion is the cornerstone of a hellish “peace” - the damning silence
of 51 million aborted children in the United States alone. <br>
<br>
"The
Nobel Committee has bestowed the "Peace Prize" on a man dedicated to
war in
the womb."</small></p>
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<font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"><a
name="contents"><b>American Medical Association's "Narrow
Definitions", Legal "Redefinitions" ... and Reproductive Cloning</b> </a></font></div>
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<p id="authorid"><font id="role_document" color="#000000"
face="Calisto MT" size="2">Dianne N. Irving, M.A., Ph.D. <br>
<span class="subtitle">© October 2009 <br>
Reproduced with Permission <br>
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<font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"> </font><font
id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">"If you
look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for
comfort you will not get either comfort or truth, only soft soap and
wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." -C. S. Lewis </font></div>
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<blockquote><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">"Nature
never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves." -Rousseau, Emile
(1762) </font></p>
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<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">I.
Introduction: </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">It
is no shocking news that many physicians and researchers have been
purposefully "doctoring" the real objective scientific facts of human
embryology and related sciences for decades now in order to achieve
their various goals. Perhaps it is done to "justify" human and fetal
research, human embryonic stem cell research, human cloning research,
OAR, ANT, iPS and similar cell "reprogramming" research, "regenerative
medicine", or patient "therapies", etc. Perhaps it is done to "justify"
the use of abortifacients, prenatal genetic diagnosis, the production
of vaccines, abortion and related medical issues, etc. Whatever their
reasons, it is clear that no one, and no professional organization,
intends to admit the truth about what they are doing. At this point,
the only rational thing to do is to sit back and watch the latest funny
show. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Particularly
amusing, at this stage in the decades-long "debate", is the recent
performance of the American Medical Association's official endorsement
of the use of "pre-embryo splitting" for infertility treatments.<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a1"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a1"
name="b1">1 </a>Now, certainly everyone knows by this time that there
is no such thing as a "pre-embryo", so why is the AMA continuing to use
that fake scientific term? And what exactly is "splitting"? It couldn't
possibly involve "reproductive cloning" -- could it? Horrors!
Unfortunately, the AMA's latest official report appears to be rather
opaque on both "pre-embryos" and on "splitting". </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">This
is unfortunate. Aside from the serious ethical issues of artificial
reproductive technologies in general, not to mention the serious
ethical issue of the destruction of living human embryos used in this
and related research, isn't a woman legally entitled to be provided
with the truth, <em>all </em>the facts, including the accurate <em>scientific
</em>facts, of such infertility treatments before giving her legally
valid "informed consent"? Isn't that her choice? Or are informed
consent forms just supposed to be rather "selective" with their
"information", and leave out all that messy "science"? </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">But
with all the "fudging" of critical scientific facts, how can a woman
really be certain of exactly <em>what </em>is being implanted into
her womb, and therefore exercise her choice? Is it "just a bunch of
cells", just a "pre-embryo", maybe a frog? And how did it get here - by
"fertilization", or genetic engineering, or maybe magic? If it is
"genetic engineering", shouldn't they call this "therapeutic <em>research</em>"
in "reproductive <em>genetic engineering</em>" rather than just
infertility "treatments"? If this is really <em>research</em>, rather
than standard medical treatment, then how are these IVF and ART
facilities conforming to the international ethical imperatives such as
the <span class="booktitle">Nuremberg Code</span>, the <span
class="booktitle">Declaration of Helsinki</span>, etc.?<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a2"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a2"
name="b2">2 </a>To whom are they accountable? Where's the regulation
of such medical procedures? ....... Well, lots of dumb questions. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Besides,
if the good doctors at the American Medical Association tell me that
what they are implanting in my body is just a "<em>pre</em>-embryo",
and that it was simply reproduced by just a silly kind of "splitting",
then why shouldn't I trust and believe them? And besides, they <em>assure
</em>me that it definitely <em>isn't </em>"reproductive cloning".
Wishful thinking? </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">How
comforting. </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">II.
The AMA's "Pre-embryos", "Pre-embryo stages", and "cloning" </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Since
1994 the American Medical Association has formally endorsed a-sexual
human reproductive techniques (e.g., human reproduction without the
immediate use of sperm and oocyte) for use as "infertility treatments"
in <em>in vitro </em>fertilization (IVF) and other artificial
reproductive technique (ART) facilities.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a3"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a3"
name="b3">3 </a>Such endorsements include "pre-embryo splitting"
(also known as "twinning", "blastomere separation", "blastocyst
splitting", "embryo multiplication", etc.). Apparently, many
bioethicists<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a4"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a4"
name="b4">4 </a>see no ethical problems, and infertility specialists
are ready, willing and able to use such a-sexual reproductive
techniques in reproductive cloning and 'related techniques" for their
patients: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">ART
practitioners were surveyed concerning their views on human <strong>reproductive
cloning and related techniques. A few had considered using or had used
embryo splitting or germ cell nuclear transfer. </strong>Although they
expressed some concerns about the present risk of reproductive cloning,
most indicated that it did not violate their religious beliefs. <strong>More
than three-quarters of ART practitioners responding indicated that they
would be willing to provide human reproductive cloning in indicated
cases if it were legally permissible to do so. A significant percentage
of the group also indicated that they currently have the ability to
provide this service.</strong><a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a5"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a5"
name="b5">5 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Note
the language here of "<em>or had used</em>" - really? Where have they
used these reproductive cloning techniques, and on whom, etc.? </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Again,
this year (2009) the AMA continues its formal support for "pre-embryo
splitting" in their recent "Opinion 2.145", which states in part: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
technique of splitting in vitro <strong>fertilized pre-embryos </strong>may
result in multiple genetically identical siblings. The procedure of
pre-embryo splitting should be available so long as both gamete
providers agree. This procedure may greatly increase the chances of
conception for an infertile couple or for a couple whose future
reproductive capacity will likely be diminished. Pre-embryo splitting
also can reduce the number of invasive procedures necessary for egg
retrieval and the necessity for hormonal stimulants to generate
multiple eggs. The use and disposition of any <strong>pre-embryos </strong>that
are frozen for future use should be consistent with the Council's
opinion on frozen <strong>pre-embryos </strong>(Opinion 2.141,
"Frozen <strong>Pre-embryos</strong>"). ... To the extent possible,
discussion of these issues should be had with gamete providers prior to
<strong>pre-embryo </strong>splitting and freezing so as <strong>to
inform the prospective parents </strong>of possible future ethical
dilemmas. (I, III, IV, V)<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a6"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a6"
name="b6">6 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">What
immediately stands out is the AMA's profuse use of the long-rejected
term "pre-embryo".<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a7"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a7"
name="b7">7 </a>Why would a prestigious medical organization such as
the AMA continue to currently mis-inform and thus mislead the public,
and especially "gamete providers", by using such a scientifically
erroneous term that has been proven false for so long? </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
term "pre-embryo" was officially rejected years ago by the Nomina
Embryologica Committee (the international nomenclature committee on
human embryology), and rejected in prominent human embryology
textbooks, e.g., those of Swiss scientists Ronan O'Reilly and Fabiola <strong>Muller</strong>:
</font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
term <strong>'pre-embryo' </strong>is not used here for the following
reasons: (1) <strong>it is ill-defined </strong>because it is said to
end with the appearance of the primitive streak or to include
neurulation; (2) <strong>it is inaccurate </strong>because purely
embryonic cells can already be distinguished after a few days, as can
also the embryonic (not pre-embryonic!) disc; (3) <strong>it is <em>unjustified
</em></strong>because the accepted meaning of the word embryo
includes all of the first 8 weeks; (4) <strong>it is equivocal </strong>because
it may convey the erroneous idea that a new human organism is formed at
only some considerable time after fertilization; and (5) it was
introduced in 1986 'largely <strong>for public policy reasons</strong>'
(Biggers)." ... Just as postnatal age begins at birth, <strong>prenatal
age begins at fertilization</strong>." (p. 88) ... "Undesirable terms
in Human Embryology": <strong>"Pre-embryo"; ill-defined and
inaccurate; use "embryo."</strong><a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a8"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a8"
name="b8">8 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">As
Dr. C. Ward Kischer, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy and Specialist in
Human Embryology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has
argued for decades now, "The term 'preembryo' is a fraudulent term and
is not certified by any human embryologist. ... There is no <em>bona
fide </em>contemporary textbook of Human Embryology which uses this
term."<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a9"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a9"
name="b9">9 </a>Even Lee Silver, not known for his conservative views
on these issues, notes the purposeful deceit inherent in the use of the
term "pre-embryo": </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">I'll
let you in on a little secret. The <strong>term pre-embryo has been
embraced wholeheartedly by IVF practitioners for reasons that are
political, not scientific</strong>.... The term pre-embryo is useful in
the political arena where decisions are made about whether to allow
early embryo (now called pre-embryo) experimentation as well as in the
confines of a doctor's office where it can be used to <strong>allay
moral concerns that might be expressed by IVF patients</strong>.<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a10"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a10"
name="b10">10 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Ahhh
- IVF patients might have "moral concerns" if they were told the truth?
Now why is that, I wonder? I presume that physicians and researchers
would have no such moral qualms. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
AMA does attempt to justify their use of the false term "pre-embryo" in
their background 1994 Report on "Pre-Embryo Splitting" with the
following amazing claim: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
term "pre-embryo" is used in this discussion because it most accurately
describes the <strong>stage of development </strong>at which
splitting can occur. The <strong>pre-embryonic stage </strong>lasts
approximately 14-days after the initial penetration of the ovum by a
sperm. The <strong>pre-embryonic stage </strong>ends when the
primitive streak first appears, signaling the point at which only a
single biological individual may result. </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Perhaps
the AMA isn't up to date, but not only is there no such thing as a
"pre-embryo", there is no such "stage" in early human embryonic
development as a "pre-embryo stage". Rather, what you are witnessing is
a major effort to linguistically make the early human embryo disappear.
In <strong>Dr. Kischer's </strong>words: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">This
arbitrary period of human development, <em>preembryo</em>, was
conceived and has been promoted without the sanction or sponsorship of
a single human embryologist. ... The <strong>so-called preembryo is a
false stage (period) of human development invented by an amphibian
embryologist for political reasons, only</strong>. <strong>It has no
credible scientific justification</strong>. Thus, the inclusion of this
term into the language of Human Embryology has become a hoax of
gigantic proportion.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a11"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a11"
name="b11">11 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Perhaps
the <strong>AMA </strong>and its infertility specialists couldn't
care less what to call the earliest human embryo - human being -- or
what they do with it, as long as the term gets them what they want. But
wouldn't you think that at least some women would want to know the
facts, all the facts, including the accurate scientific facts -- and
then, and then only, make a choice as to whether or not to use such
"infertility treatments"? By definition (excuse the pun), this choice
has been taken away from them. </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">III.
The Accurate Science </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">In
the real world, the <em>sexually </em>reproduced human embryo really
begins to exist at the beginning of the process of fertilization, when
the sperm makes first contact with the oocyte. The science that
establishes this is not new. For example, back in the mid-1880's
Wilhelm His' documentation that the immediate product of human sexual
reproduction is a new human being, a new single-cell human organism was
scientifically acknowledged worldwide.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a12"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a12"
name="b12">12 </a>Similarly, since 1942 the <span class="booktitle">Carnegie
Stages of Early Human Embryonic Development </span>have
internationally acknowledged, documented and continuously affirmed the
same thing, even categorizing the growth and development of the early
human embryo during the first 8 weeks of development into proper and
technically articulated "embryonic stages". Note that these
internationally accepted stages never mention such a stage as a
"pre-embryo" or the "pre-embryo stage" at all; nor are there any
academically credentialed Ph.D. human embryologists who would
acknowledge such nonsense either. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Rather,
the <span class="booktitle">Carnegie Stage One </span>documents that
a sexually reproduced human being, a new human <em>embryo</em>, begins
to exist at the <em>beginning </em>of the process of fertilization,
when the sperm makes first contact with the oocyte - <em>not </em>at
14-days post-fertilization (and <em>not </em>at the end of the
process of fertilization with the formation of the zygote): </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"><strong><u>Embryonic
</u></strong>life commences with fertilization, and hence <strong>the
beginning of that process may be taken as the <em>point de depart </em>of
stage 1</strong>. Despite the small size (ca. 0.1 mm) and weight (ca.
0.004 mg) of the organism at fertilization, the embryo is "<em>schon
ein individual-spezifischer Mensch</em>" (Blechschmidt, 1972). ...
Fertilization is the procession of events that begins when a
spermatozoon makes contact with an oocyte or its investments and ends
with the intermingling of maternal and paternal chromosomes at
metaphase of the first mitotic division of the zygote (Brackett et al.,
1972). Fertilization <em>sensu stricto </em>involves the union of
developmentally competent gametes realized in an appropriate
environment to result in the formation of a viable <strong>embryo </strong>(Tesarik,
1986) ... . Fertilization requires probably slightly longer than 24
hours in primates (Brackett et al., 1972). In the case of human oocytes
fertilized <em>in vitro</em>, pronuclei were formed within 11 hours of
insemination (Edwards, 1972). ... Fertilization, <strong>which takes
place normally in the ampulla of the uterine tube</strong>, includes
(a) contact of spermatozoa with the zona pellucida of an oocyte,
penetration of one or more spermatozoa through the zona pellucida and
the ooplasm, swelling of the spermatozoal head and extrusion of the
second polar body, (b) the formation of the male and female pronuclei,
and (c) the beginning of the first mitotic division, or cleavage, of
the zygote. ... <strong>The three phases (a, b, and c) referred to
above will be included here under stage 1, the characteristic feature
of which is unicellularity. </strong>... <strong>(c) Zygote: </strong>The
cell that characterizes the last phase of fertilization is elusive. The
first cleavage spindle forms rapidly and has been used in
identification. ... <strong>Pronuclear fusion does not occur. </strong>Rather,
the two pronuclear envelopes break down (post-apposition envelope
vesiculation," (Szabo and O'Day, 1983), and the two groups of
chromosomes move together and assume positions on the first cleavage
spindle. <strong>Thus the zygote lacks a nucleus. </strong>... In the
human, the initial cleavage that heralds the onset of stage 2 <strong>occurs
in the uterine tube </strong>"some time between twenty-four and thirty
hours after [the beginning of] fertilization" (Hertig, 1968).<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a13"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a13"
name="b13">13 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Yet,
despite the fact that there is no such thing as a "pre-embryo", and no
such thing as a "pre-embryonic stage", the AMA formal Report goes on to
describe various "pre-embryo multiplication" procedures such as
"pre-embryo splitting" and "cloning": </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
first two techniques involve the procedure of <strong>"splitting" or
"twinning" embryos. "Blastomere separation" </strong>involves the
division of a four-cell or eight-cell pre-embryo into the individual
totipotent cells (blastomeres), or groups of such cells, which comprise
it. A two-cell pre-embryo can be divided into two blastomeres, a
four-cell pre-embryo into four blastomeres and an eight-cell pre-embryo
into eight blastomeres. <br>
<br>
... The <strong>splitting of blastocysts </strong>(multi-layered
pre-embryos at the last stage before implantation) is referred to as "<strong>embryo
splitting</strong>". In this technique, a blastocyst is bisected into
two multicellular groups of non-totipotent cells, each of which is
nurtured to encourage further development. Since cattle blastocysts can
be easily obtained by <em>uterine flushing</em>, embryo splitting is
the preferred means of embryo multiplication in the cattle industry. <br>
<br>
... <strong>Nuclear transplantation, the most technically advanced
form of embryo multiplication, involves the transfer of the nuclear
material of a cell of the pre-embryo </strong>to an unfertilized
oocyte which has its maternal chromosomes removed. For example, in one
such nuclear transfer technique, <strong>a blastomere is extracted
from a pre-embryo </strong>and transferred to an enucleated recipient
oocyte. The blastomere-oocyte complex is then chemically treated to
induce fusion, <strong>generating a cloned pre-embryo </strong>which
may undergo further development.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a14"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a14"
name="b14">14 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">So,
according to the <strong>AMA</strong>, the techniques of "pre-embryo
splitting" or "twinning" ("blastomere separation" and "blastocyst
splitting") and "blastomere nuclear transplantation" are acceptable
"infertility treatments". (One wonders why they don't use the notation
of "pre-blastomere separation" and "pre-blastocyst splitting" - just to
be more consistent). But what is even stranger is the claim that
"pre-embryo splitting" is <em>not </em>a "cloning" technique. As
stated in the 1994 Report: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"><strong>The
term "splitting" is preferred over "cloning" </strong>for several
reasons. The term <strong>cloning </strong>is typically used
popularly to refer to the <strong>technologically infeasible technique
of taking a single cell from a human already born or from a deceased
person and using it to reproduce a genetically identical human being</strong>.
In addition, when used to refer to existing methods for amplifying
pre-embryos, <strong>the term cloning covers several different
techniques of embryo multiplication</strong>.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a15"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a15"
name="b15">15 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Thus
the <strong>AMA</strong>'s "justification" that "<strong>pre-embryo
splitting</strong>" is <em>not </em>cloning seems to be that (1)
"nuclear transplantation" is not yet "feasible", and (2) the term
"cloning" covers more than one technique of "embryo multiplication".
I'm looking hard - but I don't see the connections. In fact, this is no
"justification" at all, but rather pure obfuscation. Well, at least
they admit that there is more than one cloning technique. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">But
since "cloning" is defined as the duplication of genetically identical
cells and organisms, and if "pre-embryo splitting" results in the
duplication of genetically identical cells and organisms, then
"pre-embryo splitting" is, indeed, a form of cloning. This fact has
been recognized around the world, and for a very, very long time now,<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a16"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a16"
name="b16">16 </a>and actually mimics <em>in vitro </em>the natural
process of human monozygotic identical twinning within a woman's body (<em>in
vivo</em>).<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a17"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a17"
name="b17">17 </a>"Pre-embryo splitting" is what it is -- and what it
is is "cloning". Besides, regardless of the label used, what is at
stake with the use of such "narrow definitions" and manipulated
language is the certain destruction of new living human embryos, the
high risk of damage to already infertile women, and the impossibility
of either "gamete donors" or women giving legally valid "informed
consent". Such linguistic manipulations are clearly unethical, if not
unprofessional, and should be illegal as well. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Given
all of this, one has to wonder why the American Medical Association,
one of the most prestigious medical organizations in the world,
continues to use such nonsense "language" like "pre-embryo splitting"
and "pre-embryo stage" -- and even deny that "pre-embryo splitting" is
a form of reproductive cloning? </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">III.
"Narrow Definitions" and Reproductive Cloning </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Perhaps
the following words of wisdom of a well-established and widely
published IVF/ART "infertility" expert could shed some much-needed
light on the AMA's obvious obfuscations. According to Dr. Jamie Grifo,
a leading infertility researcher at New York University: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"><strong>Infertility
researchers take pains to define cloning in the narrowest terms</strong>,
as a process that would use the nucleus from a single mature cell and
place it in a woman's egg from which the nucleus had been removed -
then jolting that hybrid cell to life with electricity. No sperm need
be involved, so the baby's genetic material would all come from just
one person. ... <strong>A number of infertility programs across the
country are working on treatments that might be called 'near-cloning'.</strong><a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a18"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a18"
name="b18">18 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Thus,
the well-designed strategy is and has been to "define cloning in the
narrowest terms", to simply call "cloning" something else, give it a
different name, <em>make it up</em>, do whatever one has to do to hide
the reality -- and no one will notice what is really going on. That way
no one can object. In fact, even if one wanted to find out, they
probably wouldn't have the correct "key words" (aka, false scientific
terms) in order to do a search on PubMed or other search engines. (Note
how very carefully those research studies are written). </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Just
as stem cell researchers, e.g., Irving Weissman, Michael West et al
simply redefine some "therapeutic" nuclear transfer cloning as just "<em>stem
cell research</em>",<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a19"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a19"
name="b19">19 </a>many infertility researchers redefine reproductive
human cloning techniques as just "<em>infertility treatments</em>"
involving only "near-cloning" - and "pre-embryo splitting", etc. They
are very careful not to call it what it really is: reproductive cloning
-- or reproductive genetic engineering. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Despite
strong denials to the contrary (to the press), what we are clearly
talking about here is "reproductive cloning" - the use of a-sexual
methods of human reproduction as "infertility treatments, where <em>experimental
</em>a-sexually reproduced human embryos, who are genetically
identical, are implanted into women's wombs. Indeed, "twinning" is the
most perfect form of cloning used to reproduce human monozygotic
identical twins: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2"><strong>The
term 'clones' indicates genetic identity and so can describe
genetically identical molecules (DNA clones), genetically identical
cells or genetically identical <u>organisms</u>. Animal clones occur
naturally ... . For example, <u>genetically identical twins are clones
</u>who happened to have received <u>exactly the same set of genetic
instructions </u>from two donor individuals, a mother and a father. </strong>A
<strong>form of animal cloning </strong>can also occur as a result
of artificial manipulation to bring about a type of <strong>asexual
reproduction</strong>. The genetic manipulation in this case uses <strong>nuclear
transfer technology</strong>: a nucleus is removed from a donor cell
then transplanted into an oocyte whose own nucleus has previously been
removed. The resulting 'renucleated' oocyte can give rise to an
individual who will carry the nuclear genome of only one donor
individual, unlike genetically identical twins. <strong>The individual
providing the donor nucleus and the individual that develops from the
'renucleated' oocyte are usually described as "clones", but it should
be noted that they share only the same nuclear DNA; <u>they do not
share the same mitochondrial DNA, unlike genetically identical twins</u>.
</strong>... Nuclear transfer technology was first employed in embryo
cloning, in which the donor cell is derived from an early embryo, and
has been long established in the case of amphibia. ... Wilmut et al
(1997) reported successful cloning of an adult sheep. For the first
time, <strong>an adult nucleus had been reprogrammed to become
totipotent once more, just like the genetic material in the fertilized
oocyte from which the donor cell had ultimately developed</strong>. ...
Successful cloning of adult animals has forced us to accept that genome
modifications once considered irreversible can be reversed and that <strong>the
genomes of adult cells can be reprogrammed by factors in the oocyte to
make them totipotent once again</strong>.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a20"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a20"
name="b20">20 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">That
is, while the cloning technique of "nuclear transfer" results in a
cloned embryo containing "foreign" genes from the oocyte's
mitochondria, the cloning technique of "twinning" results in a cloned
embryo whose nuclear <em>and </em>mitochondrial genetic material is
as close to that of the original embryo as possible. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Although
the accurate science has been available for many decades to anyone who
wants to know the truth, a veritable plethora of false scientific
terminology concerning the early human embryo and its manipulation has
been proliferating exponentially throughout many professional
organizations and even national bodies for years.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a21"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a21"
name="b21">21 </a>The entire medical and scientific enterprises are
rapidly losing their credibility. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">But
not to fear. Any physical, legal, ethical or social disasters that
could result from this "great deception" would fortunately be
foreclosed by a total ban on human cloning - such as the current Stupak
cloning "ban" - right? That's comforting. </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">III.
"Narrow Definitions" and the current Stupak-Wamp Human Cloning "Ban" </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
new Stupak-Wamp human cloning "ban" currently sits in a U.S. House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
(interestingly enough).<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a22"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a22"
name="b22">22 </a>An identical bill, H.R. 110 sponsored by Rep.
Fortenberry also awaits consideration. Both bills are almost carbon
copies of the failed Weldon/Brownback total human cloning "bans"
attempted in 2001 that were replete with legal loopholes forged by
"narrow definitions", the effect of which would have been to allow all
human cloning to proceed - including the use of the somatic cell
nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning technique itself.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a23"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a23"
name="b23">23 </a></font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">All
of these "total human cloning bans" scientifically mis-define cloning
"narrowly" as <em>only </em>somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)
cloning technique, including the current Stupak-Wamp bill: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">(1)
HUMAN CLONING- The term <strong>'human cloning' </strong>means human
asexual reproduction, accomplished by <strong>introducing the nuclear
material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized
oocyte </strong>whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated to
produce a living organism (at any stage of development) with a human or
predominantly human genetic constitution.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a24"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a24"
name="b24">24 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
fact is, as already noted, that there are actually many different kinds
of human cloning techniques; <strong>SCNT </strong>as described here
is only one of them. Indeed, it is <em>only one kind of <strong>SCNT </strong></em>cloning
techniques. And a quick search in scientific journals using PubMed or
Medline will document that <strong>SCNT </strong>is hardly "the most
common" cloning technique used or desired by researchers these days. As
noted earlier in this article, many other human cloning techniques are
now more "interesting" to researchers, e.g., twinning, germ line cell
nuclear transfer (<strong>GLCNT</strong>), pronuclei transfer,
mitochondria transfer, parthenogenesis, "hemi-cloning", the use of
"artificially constructed" sperm, oocytes and embryos, "egg
reconstruction", the use of iPS cells -- to name just a few.<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a25"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a25"
name="b25">25 </a>Since the courts will usually interpret such legal
language as "exclusionary", the result of this "narrow definition" of
"human cloning" in the Stupak-Wamp bill is that all other forms of
human cloning would still be allowed -- including other forms of <strong>SCNT
</strong>cloning. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Note
as well that the definition of "cloning" in the Stupak-Wamp cloning
bill as "introducing the nuclear material of a <strong>human somatic
cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte </strong>..." is very
different from the definition of "cloning" in the <strong>AMA</strong>'s
position on "nuclear transplantation" discussed above, i.e., the <strong>transfer
of the nuclear material of a cell of the pre-embryo to an unfertilized
oocyte</strong>. Clearly, even the type of "infertility treatment"
described by the <strong>AMA </strong>as "nuclear transplantation"
would not be covered by this human cloning "ban" - nor would
"twinning", "blastomere separation", "blastocyst splitting", "embryo
multiplication", "germ line cell nuclear transfer" (<strong>GLCNT</strong>)
-- or any of the other kinds of reproductive cloning -- or reproductive
genetic engineering. It is often said by some that at least the
Stupak-Wamp cloning "ban" will "save some of the babies". Some? Wishful
thinking. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">This
also means that "reproductive cloning" - by any name you wish to call
it - will have the blessings of both the <strong>AMA </strong>and the
U.S. Congress. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">It
would also seem that the courts are moving quickly to adopt similar
linguistic machinations. In Spain, there is a legal push to redefine
the early human embryo as "just a group of cells": </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">The
possibility of cloning human beings introduced a lot of issues in our
ethical and legal frameworks. In this paper, we will put the focus into
the <strong>necessary changes in the concept of embryo that our legal
systems will have to implement </strong>in order to face the new
situation. The description of <strong>the embryo as a group of cells
able to develop into a human being </strong>will be defended here as
the best way of doing so.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a26"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a26"
name="b26">26 </a></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">"A
group of <em>cells</em>"? "Able to <em>develop into </em>a human
being"? Where have we heard this false science before - oh, yes,
remember the false scientific claims of stem cell researchers Irving
Weissman and Michael West?<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a27"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a27"
name="b27">27 </a>Both have argued before courts and testified before
Congress as "experts" that the immediate product of both sexual and
a-sexual human reproduction is "just a bunch of cells", that
"therapeutic" cloning is just "stem cell research", and that
"reproductive cloning" is cloning - but only once the a-sexually
reproduced child <em>is born</em>! And they continue to get away with
it. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Indeed,
even the legal profession here in the U.S. is taking up the game. Anne
Kiessling's very lengthy article, "What is an embryo?", in the <span
class="booktitle">Connecticut Law Review </span>is an incredible
attempt to literally <em>deconstruct the entire field of human
embryology</em>. As just an example: </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Given
that society's view is vastly more generous than nature's view, the
task before us is to come to <strong>a new view of the concept of
"embryo"</strong>. (p. 1044) ... The new view <strong>must incorporate
</strong>both the wonder and respect deserved by the process that
unites sperm and egg, with <strong>the recent advances in harnessing
the power of the egg to create replacement cells with the potential to
alleviate multiple human sufferings</strong>. (pg. 1066) ... For most
of the centuries after the advent of the microscope in the mind-1600's,
the term "embryo" was applied to that period of early development
before the conceptus took on the appearance of its species. For the
human, this is sometime after implantation and before all the organs
appear. <strong>Human medical embryology texts still refer to the
first two weeks after fertilization as the "ovum period". Therefore,
strictly speaking, the term "embryo" defines the human conceptus during
the rapid growth period after implantation, when the embryonic disk has
become distinct from trophoblast. </strong>Accordingly, applying the
term embryo to any stage of development before the inner cell mass
forms is inaccurate. (p. 1088) ... The appearance of an inner cell mass
is a minimal requirement for embryo status. <strong>Implantation and
the development of an embryonic disk is a more accurate requirement for
embryo status. </strong>(p. 1089) ... "<strong>Zygote</strong>" is a
term that has been widely used to designate <strong>development before
the blastocyst stage</strong>. ... <strong>[T]he term "zygote"
clarifies that the early stages are not yet embryos.</strong><a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a28"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a28"
name="b28">28 </a>(p. 1088). (emphasis added) </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Kiessling
goes on to redefine the terms "sperm", "egg", "fertilization",
"cleavage", "morula", "blastocyst", "implantation", "totipotent" and
"pluripotent" cells, "assisted reproductive technologies", "nuclear
transplants", "parthenogenesis", etc. She accomplishes this by quite
selectively dragging the reader through countless decades, even
centuries, of the kind of pre-historic "science" used in the Dark Ages,
laments that "scientists" haven't been much help, and then turns to
society, law and public opinion to rebuild a "new" science of human
embryology - one that would be more amenable, of course, to stem cell
and cloning researchers, infertility experts and the like. Yet none of
these "sources" have any background or academic credentials in the
science of human embryology! So our laws and regulations are to be
built on such a house of cards? Such arrogance is beyond funny --
almost. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Interestingly,
a very similar and much earlier article <em>also </em>entitled, "What
is an embryo?", was written by famous infertility expert, Howard Jones.<a
class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a29"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a29"
name="b29">29 </a>It too was replete with the term "pre-embryo", etc.
Dr. C. Ward Kischer responded back then that the article was "an
outrageous affront to the science of Human Embryology". It is worth
listening to him: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Jones
manipulates and parses the language of this science into a very strange
entanglement of meaning. This is the Jones who organized The Jones
Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia. Their current
aim is to support therapeutic cloning of human embryos in order to
acquire "stem cells". <br>
<br>
... <strong>Jones does not cite a single source from Human Embryology
to back up his claims. This is in concert with the corruption of Human
Embryology which has been taking place for the past 30 years. </strong>The
<span class="booktitle">Journal of Fertility & Sterility </span>has
been instrumental in the revision of the facts concerning Human
Embryology. This is manifest by their embracing <strong>the false term
"pre-embryo" </strong>invented by Clifford Grobstein in 1979, the
endorsement of this term by the Ethics Committee of Fertility and
Sterility in 1986, of which Grobstein was a member, and its use by
Jones in his present editorial. <strong>NO human embryologist endorses
or uses this discredited and fraudulent term, and it is not to be found
in a single textbook of Human Embryology. In fact, the Nomenclature
Committee of the American Association of Anatomists recently rejected
the terms: "pre-embryo," "preembryonic" and "individuation" for
inclusion in <span class="booktitle">Terminologia Embryologica</span>,
the official lexicon of scientific terminology.</strong> <br>
<br>
... Jones <strong>infers that prior to implantation an embryo does not
exist</strong>; and, he cites a medical dictionary source for support. <strong>The
inference is that pregnancy does not occur prior to implantation, and
this canard has often been repeated by revisionists. </strong>The
important information is what human embryologists say. Carlson in his
text of <span class="booktitle">Human Embryology and Developmental
Biology </span>[1994] states in his opening sentence: <strong>"Human
pregnancy [in natural sexual reproduction] begins with the fusion of
sperm and egg." </strong>This is because the concern of Human
Embryology is the embryo and its development no matter where it is. <strong>Prior
to implantation the embryo is developing in the fallopian tubes,
ectopically, or even in a Petri dish. </strong>This is what medical
students have always been taught. Is Jones now saying that what we have
been teaching, at least for half a century, is now wrong? <strong>There
are so many errors in Jones' treatise it would take extensive
discussion to correct them. </strong>He justifies using the much
vaunted (so-called) "stem cells" from early embryos by claiming they
are obtained from a "non-person," the <strong>"pre-embryo"</strong>!
Tell me this is not <strong>an arbitrary judgment. It certainly is not
science. </strong><a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a30"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a30"
name="b30">30</a> </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">In
sum, apparently professional medical, scientific, and infertility
organizations, as well as professional legal and bioethics
organizations, couldn't care less about the objective scientific truth
- or apparently the consequences. This "Great Deception" is one of
those necessary - if ugly - facts of life. "And after all," as one IVF
specialist said to me, "it seems to bring such great comfort to so many
people." Indeed, she said excitedly, wait till you hear about the <em>latest
</em>"infertility treatments"! </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">IV.
The Use of Human Embryonic and iPS Cells as "Infertility Treatments" </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Indeed,
IVF and ART clinics are very excited by the new iPS research, since iPS
cells have now been proven to be reprogrammed to make human sperm and
oocytes: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Researchers
in California for the first time have reprogrammed human induced
pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into germ cells that eventually become
eggs and sperm, possibly opening the door for new treatments for
infertility using patient-specific cells. The iPS cells were coaxed
into forming germ line precursor cells that include genetic material
that may be passed on to a child.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a31"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a31"
name="b31">31 </a></font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Even
the leaders of the infertility industry are excited. As Wilmut stated
in a recent interview: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">[A]s
far as treatment for infertility is concerned, the odds are that there
would be other ways of overcoming the problem. <strong>If IVF cells </strong>[iPS
cells] <strong>are equivalent in their developmental potential to
embryo-derived stem cells</strong>, then it might be possible to
produce gametes. So if you have, let's say, a man who has no sperm, you
produce iPS cells, you produce sperm, and you can then produce babies
through IVF.<a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a32"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a32"
name="b32">32 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Note
the use of this fascinating new term "IVF cells"! Wow, how imaginative!
That's a new one - although one has to ask what kind of organism this
IVF cell belongs to! </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Similarly,
Davor Solter, a developmental biologist at the Institute of Medical
Biology in Singapore, remarks: </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">I
think IVF has gone about as far as it can. <strong>Next I expect that
germ cells - sperm and eggs - will be derived from induced pluripotent
stem (iPS) cells </strong>[cells that have the potential to develop
into any of the body's cell types]. It will be possible to make iPS
cells from skin cells, to make germ cells from these, and <strong>then
combine them to make human embryos.</strong><a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a33"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a33"
name="b33">33 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">And
not to be out-excited, as Zev Rosenwaks, director of the Centre for
Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in New York, puts it,
"infertility is history": </font></p>
<blockquote> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT"
size="2"> </font>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">I
see the technology going towards possible eradication of infertility
altogether. <strong>With nuclear-transfer technology or cell
modification, I think we'll be able to generate sperm and eggs for
anybody.</strong><a class="refnum"
title="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a34"
href="http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/irv/irv_170ama2.html#a34"
name="b34">34 </a>(emphasis added) </font></p>
</blockquote>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">I
can see that there is soon going to be a whole lot of contentment out
there. </font></p>
<h2><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">V.
Conclusions </font></h2>
<p><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Make
up your own. </font></p>
<h3><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Calisto MT" size="2">Endnotes
</font></h3>
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/Christian Newswire/ -- Stand True, Christ-Centered Pro-life, will hold
its sixth annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Last year students from over 4,700 campuses in 25 countries
participated in the event, and Stand True expects even more this year.
Last year Stand True heard back from participants about 58 girls who
canceled their abortions on the day of the event due to the efforts of
the students. These students stand in solidarity with each other to
bring attention to the holocaust that is killing almost 4,000 babies
every day in the United States alone. </font></p>
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style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"The
students are speaking loud and clear; they want an end to legalized
child-killing" said Bryan Kemper, President of Stand True Ministries.
"We are getting thousands of e-mails, comments and internet messages
from students thanking us for giving them a peaceful way to stand up
and be counted."</font></p>
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Here are just a couple of the comments we have received from the
students: </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"I got one
girl to not get an abortion because I took a ZERO in class for this and
she started crying. She pulled me into the bathroom and told me she was
pregnant and was going to have an abortion and she said because of how
much this meant to me she didn't! We both sat in the bathroom and cried
for a few min. and she put the baby up for adoption!"</font></p>
<font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"She's
about a month or so pregnant. I have her for a couple of my classes.
She kept glancing at my shirt all day and she took a flier. But she
didn't say anything. Then today in 6th I was getting up and she came up
to me. And in front of the whole classroom she began weeping and fell
into my arms. She said she didn't want to have an abortion anymore. She
said she wanted to receive Christ right there."</font></p>
<font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Students
will not only remain silent but will also wear red armbands and/or red
duct tape on their mouths, and distribute educational flyers to anyone
who asks why they are silent. Many home-schooled students will also
participate in the event by visiting local malls and other public areas
to distribute flyers.</font></p>
<font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Participating
students are instructed to be respectful to teachers and other
officials and to speak with them when required.</font></p>
<font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"Thousands
of American babies are permanently silenced every day by the violent
act of abortion," said Kristan Hawkins, Executive Director of Students
for Life. "This is a day for pro-life students to honor those children
as they stay silent as an act of solidarity with these innocent
victims."</font></p>
<font
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color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"> </font>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">"This is a
way for us to challenge students of all ages to be bold advocates for
the almost 4,000 pre-born who are murdered every day in our country,"
said Timmerie Millington of Survivors. "They have an opportunity to
stand with their fellow classmates and an obligation to be a voice for
the voiceless. By standing in united solidarity across the world,
students everywhere can identify with the preborn children, and our
silence will proclaim 'stop killing our generation!' We can and must be
warriors for the preborn!" </font></p>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Over the
past few years many schools have tried to stop students from
participating and have tried to quash their First Amendment rights.
Every year, attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund defend these
students and file lawsuits to protect their rights. </font></p>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">There is no
cost to participate in the event. Flyers are available for download in
PDF format at <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102759085622&s=16890&e=001wi8PwegPfYhYwzTUdH8e0WYnyKHf89Ho1aBzpxFr8LtTFHIkmIOQWsNmFqQcCWh65Hi1y8FgDOa-X0NwnVKDq0xkkLlhTjD5tRVofK0diyNOJTP0kApUqQ==">www.silentday.org</a>
. Students can also follow the event on twitter at <a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102759085622&s=16890&e=001wi8PwegPfYgTfmI0Td6gG14CSvFbgxIzbKFWY0V67ajhYJdVEyMO_PGrWs_H68TmHPvCp5qmA5c2DzFwuymTjMji7SIPb0itjQ3JIIwosyaob_PTjAUtaM8Tyqv6yrzM">
www.twitter.com/prolifeday</a> </font></p>
<p><font
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color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Legal help
for students involved is available from the Alliance Defense Fund (<a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102759085622&s=16890&e=001wi8PwegPfYhIzmJusGNIh7qClKOPPXewzcKEEHNOQ5DNlYU2fO3r9UrTbLtcIgSu8tbFnNabse1-qFCCZEa5JyZlx5hYnG5sE83LihPq0TPjhGIDJXIg_Q==">www.telladf.org</a>
or 1-
800-
TELL-ADF). </font></p>
<p><font
style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"
color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><i>The
Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity is a Project of Stand True - Christ
Centered Pro-life and co-
sponsored by Students for Life of America, Generation Life, Priests for
Life, Survivors, Abort73.com and Lifenews.com.</i> </font></p>
<p><font
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color="#000000" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Editors:
Bryan Kemper is available for comment at 937-339-5648 (office) or
540-538-2581 (mobile).</font></p>
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<p><small>*** PFLI is the only pharmacy association which is
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<br>
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<br>
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