A few days ago, I wondered out loud if the results of Terri Schiavo’s autopsy might mean that Michael is owed an apology. The discussion in the comments was long and interesting. Be sure to check it out.
That discussion got me thinking about some issues surrounding the autopsy results, the post mortem diagnose, and the various medical examinations during Terri’s life.
Adrian Warnock, says
there’s
something big coming down the pipe for the Blogdom
of God. Stay
tuned.
Update 06/15/05: Bene Diction seems
to be uncomfortable with BoG and suspicious of Adrian’s current efforts. Dave
Walker (of The Cartoon Blog) shares
his reservations. Am I going soft or are they being just a bit paranoid?
Well well, what have we here, a
Washington Post article on possible non-controversial human embryonic
stem cell
(hESC) sources. Let’s see what they are:
"The House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow federal dollars to go toward research on stem cell lines created from donated embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization [IVF] procedures."
"The bill is headed to the Senate, but President Bush has vowed to veto the measure to prevent it from becoming law."
– Annie Schleicherm, NewsHour Extra
I watched the debate between two senators on the news hour. The main point for the pro side: the "extra" IVF embryos would be destroyed anyway. The con side: Americans who find the research morally unacceptable should not have their tax money used on this effort. One thing not mentioned was the morality of IVF itself. Breeching this topic would surmount political suicide for any politician. However, every pro-life individual should find IVF morally reprehensible.
My problems with IVF:
1. Creating and eventually destroying some children to birth some other(s) (in many cases birthing more than originally thought (2-8)).
2. There are children to adopt. Adopt instead of resorting to IVF. [This point needs to be emphasized more. IVF is a very selfish procedure. There are countless children in need of homes. We should look to them before playing with petri dishes. – Funky]
3. It removes the love aspect of marital consummation (love and openness to life required).
How can we bring about debate on the morality (legality?) of IVF in general?
Does anybody know the origin of the so-called Welborn Protocol? The concept is
simple: all correspondence to an adhering blog is bloggable unless otherwise specified.
The history isn’t so simple. I tried Googling for it and found a few references
to the concept but found nothing about its origins. Any ideas?