Friday, June 03, 2005

IS IT ME OR IS BUSH STUPID?

THE PRESIDENT: As you know, I also had an event here at the White House with little babies that had been born as a result of the embryos that had been frozen -- they're called "snowflakes" -- indicating there's an alternative to the destruction of life.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050531.html

From Stem Cell Opponents, an Embryo Crusade
By PAM BELLUCK
June 2, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/national/02embryo.html?ei=5094&en=3b1fc360e0a53540&hp=&ex=1117771200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

Ron Stoddart, the executive director of the Nightlight Christian Adoption agency, which started Snowflakes in 1997 and named it to reflect the frozen uniqueness of each embryo, said that he expected fewer embryos to be available in the future because fertility clinics are increasingly successful at implantation and will not need to create so many.
Mr. Stoddart, whose group has so far assisted 59 families in giving birth to 81 babies, said that once embryos are donated, only half survive the thawing process, and of those, only about 35 percent result in a baby. One mother died last year from pregnancy complications, said Lori Maze, director of Snowflakes.

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