July 09, 2005
SIMON LEGREE DIDN'T GIVE 'EM AWAY (via Mike Daley):
Stem cell rule riles critics (Edie Lau, July 7, 2005, Sacramento Bee)
Scientists from around the country charged with proposing medical and ethical standards for California's stem cell research program Wednesday criticized one of the few ethical rules already firmly in place.That rule, written into the law that created the $3 billion stem cell research fund, prohibits the state from paying women for donating the eggs needed to generate human embryonic stem cells.
"I don't know why you put (yourselves) in a position to not compensate for time and effort," said Jose Cibelli, a stem cell researcher at Michigan State University. "It's something you will come to regret."
Ann Kiessling, a Harvard University biologist who runs an independent, nonprofit center that solicits egg donors specifically for stem cell research, predicted that some women who wish to provide eggs will be unable to if, for example, they aren't reimbursed for lost wages.
"All normal, healthy subjects that undergo any research in this country are compensated for their time," she said.
It's always helpful when they skip halfway down the slippery slope right from the git-go. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 9, 2005 12:21 PM
The average female is born with several hundred eggs.
The average American woman uses two or three of 'em to make children, and wastes the rest.
Why is letting them be destroyed better than selling them ?
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at July 10, 2005 06:55 AM
The average human dies. Why not sell them?
Posted by: oj at July 10, 2005 08:52 AMThe average human feels pain. Why not kill them?
Posted by: Peter B at July 10, 2005 09:06 AMAn egg is not a human, which is why I pointed out that females involuntarily get rid of 98%+ of their eggs.
Are all women killers ?
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at July 10, 2005 06:08 PMNeither are negroes and Jews if you don't choose for them to be.
Posted by: oj at July 10, 2005 08:59 PM