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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:22 AM Original message |
Women will be paid to donate eggs for science |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. And my freedom of speech lets me say that they are still eggs, not |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not "eggs" - "The resulting embryo is allowed to grow for up to 14 days." |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Tissue is the outcome ------for valuable stem cell research. Some will |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It's not an embryo at 14 days |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I was quoting from the article: "The resulting embryo is allowed to grow for up to 14 days." |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Sorry. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. Yet many definitions use 'embryo' from fertilisation onwards |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
105. Two questions |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Same here Babylonsister |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. I only problem with this is that many low income women will see it as |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I'd like to know about the surgical procedure used to procure the eggs. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I donated eggs to a family member |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is a Very Good Thing |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Little did I know |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Think of all the cash lost to sperm banks |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Think of all the money I could have made.... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
8. Uh, this is strange |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. How is this Difference From Surrogate Pregnancy? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That is underpaid and undervalued, also |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Making Informed Choices About One's Own Body |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Women Donate |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. ONE of my problems with this is that poor women will be SELLING their eggs because they need money. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You'd Prefer, Then, That Poor Women Have Fewer Options? |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "it seems to me to be highly offensive and elitist" to treat a poor woman as a commodity... |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Any Woman |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I am a cancer patient who objects to using poor women as commodities for my benefit. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Cancer Is Awful |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Not much of a "choice" if a woman does it out of desperate poverty, is it? |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Poverty Is Awful, Too. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Anti abortion people adopt the same patronizing attitude toward poor women - they |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Some are *never* going to "get it", Sapphire Blue, because to them, |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. .. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. ! |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
76. men sell their sperm as well |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Don't you think |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I don't know. What difference would it make if they did?? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. The point being |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Well, perhaps all poor women should get sterilized then. that is, after their eggs are harvested... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Okay |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. So, then if women are (according to you) poor because they have so many children, Texas must be... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. That's your claim |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Or maybe only higher income women should be paid since lower income |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
74. but isn't the problem poverty? |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Yes. Selling eggs, body parts, & selling children into slavery does nothing to alleviate poverty. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
83. Sell Body Part |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. I made a joke about my ovaries being removed and being |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Since I gave you a hard time |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I didn't take it that way.... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
81. Without having proper knowledge (dangerous I know), some possible reasons why that might not happen |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm pro choice on whatever women (or men) want to do with their own bodies. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. There must be something wrong with me because first thought was |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. ~~hands to cheeks~~ |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think suicide is wrong, but it is not my place to try to remove someone's right to it. n/t |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Slippery slope arguments are, by definition, logically fallacious. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So your point is that I'm not rational & there's nothing else to discuss? |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Logical rhetoric has rules |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
133. That's a bit of a semantic distinction. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. That particular fallacy has never held much water |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. And then there's that pesky law |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. As I said, they are by definition a logical fallacy. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Such rigid inductions |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Also false. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
122. Yet you are unable to say why |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #122 |
132. Forgive me, I thought it blindingly obvious. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #132 |
149. I didn't ask you to run |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #149 |
152. All I've been talking about is real-life predicates. |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. holy alarmist bullshit batman! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Women already HAVE been able to sell their eggs... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I was just going to say that |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. That's pretty much how I feel... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
82. I think because sperm donation isn't risky in any way |
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kitkatrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. I check the city paper too, and depending on the clinic, |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. The OP Has A Problem |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You mean that purchased eggs might be used to help people OTHER than... |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. demrabble, you seem to think that you can read minds. My REAL problem, indeed. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
118. No. The Op poster has a problem with poor women having to resort |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. Oh, The Horror! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. I take it you've never been poor. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Your Assumptions Are Incorrect. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. I think we are on the same page. Imho, Sapphire Blue was pointing out |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. I'll Only Speak For Myself |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. I agree. Women should be in charge of their bodies, period. |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
75. thanks for saying this |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
114. Hear, hear! |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
44. I think many are missing the point that the donor has to show |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. I agree with you! |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Me too. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. You realize you agree w/me at your own peril? |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I salute your courage |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Here's one obvious reason: the environment is a shared resource that belongs |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Why are you so confident |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I can't know - neither can you. But in the balance is also privacy and self determination, |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Who would have predicted |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Irrelevant. But then, I'm not the authoritarian here. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Are you sure? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. You've made clear you don't believe in a right to privacy to autonomy, so it's hard |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
137. My initial point |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:21 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. The determination of what is "sacred" is personal, and IMO best left to the individual. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #141 |
150. Thank you for the honest self-disclosure. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-18-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. 12 * 250$ ... $3000 |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
78. and to pay their credit card bills & buy a car n/t |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
84. Egg Donation |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
85. I'll just say this. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Thank you for seeing the class issue, ulysses. |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I think that's the disconnect right there. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Meanwhile. People Are Dying |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. hello, there. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Yes. People are dying. People are dying from poverty. Real, live, POOR people. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. As if only the wealthy have access to healthcare. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. Really! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Yes, really. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. LOL! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Do you feel better by ridiculing my efforts here? |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. No One Is Ridiculing Your Efforts Here. |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. You most certainly have been doing exactly that. Go back & read what you posted. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #102 |
112. I'm Sorry |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. You're "so very sorry that you <I> seemed to have turned our *dicussion* into a diatribe about... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Hmm |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. I'm So Confused |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Do you support the right of even poor women to choose abortion? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #85 |
148. I'm in agreement with you on this and with Sapphire Blue about |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 06:05 AM Response to Reply #148 |
151. hey, Cleita |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. "very, very wrong" |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. What Is the OP Doing?! |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. self-delete |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 09:55 PM Response to Reply #95 |
153. Got news for ya, my dumpling. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Someone who "gets" it!!! |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #153 |
158. .. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
96. My biggest problem with this is the danger involved -- |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
109. It isn't that dangerous |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #109 |
111. Women with money won't do this. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. And You Would Know This.....How? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Well it isn't worth it |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. Not Worth It...Unless..... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Financial gain isn't the only motivation for such a donation. There are professional, |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #117 |
127. Yes, and needing cash isn't the only reason to join the military |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. I'm not clear on what the suggested alternative is. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #130 |
140. Perhaps it is unethical for money to exchange hands |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Perhaps so. But IMO, we virtually all make trade of our bodies for economic gain. |
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demrabble (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #127 |
135. Yes, But In Our Society.... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Somehow, selling your body parts feels worse |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. I'm asking this respectfully, but isn't that a rather personal choice? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Well like I said in an earlier post, I'm torn on this |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. I'd suggest the best route is to work to increase the choices for people in poverty - not |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. I just don't want to see poor people turned into commodities |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 09:58 PM Response to Reply #113 |
154. If people were going to be moved enough on a large scale to donate for the scientific |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
101. Sapphire, thank you for your continued efforts on DU to support the poor and homeless n/t |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Agreed-SB is one of DU's best |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #104 |
157. No kidding. If you have any doubt, anybody remember how many |
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Crandor (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. How is opposing an opportunity to earn some money "supporting the poor and homeless"? nt |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. I'm not involved in the current debate, just thanking Sapphire for continued support of the poor n/ |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #106 |
119. Because poor women shouldn't have to resort to sellling pieces of their bodies |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #119 |
128. Are you under the impression that the women donating eggs for pay are impoverished |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-20-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #128 |
156. Well, I can remember hearing stories from my father-in-law about |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
110. much agreed! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
108. embryos are still just embryos not babies. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #108 |
120. Very true. But I can see how poor women could so easily be exploited |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-19-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
144. Scientific progress is a good thing. |
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