Too much fetus in your food?

[bingley]

*Sigh* This is what they're doing with our tax dollars.

No fetuses in food: Oklahoma lawmaker explains intent behind bill - latimes.com

In addition to outlawing food made with human fetuses, I also propose we criminalize (1) making food on stoves that burn American flags for heat, (2) wrapping takeouts in New York Times, (3) toilet paper made from the US constitution.

 

[mrjarrell]

I don't even have to guess what political party this guy belongs to.

 

[dross]

*Sigh* This is what they're doing with our tax dollars.

No fetuses in food: Oklahoma lawmaker explains intent behind bill - latimes.com

In addition to outlawing food made with human fetuses, I also propose we criminalize (1) making food on stoves that burn American flags for heat, (2) wrapping takeouts in New York Times, (3) toilet paper made from the US constitution.

So basically, you support eating babies.

 

[NYFelon]

So basically, you support eating babies.

improper humor goes here

 

[LEaSH]

As long as they're dead, sure.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

So basically, you support eating babies.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m71U2jJp09w[/ame]

How could one NOT??

 

[thej27]

improper humor goes here

Like only if they are wrapped in bacon or dipped in chocolate?

 

[mike8170]

Stupid lawmakers = Stupid laws. Need I say more?

 

[NYFelon]

Like only if they are wrapped in bacon or dipped in chocolate?

not quite where I was going....

but I laughed.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I guess it comes down to when you believe a human life begins and how sacred you hold the most innocent of lives.

He should rephrase that bill. He ought to take out that part -- "....for human consumption...". Killing innocent human life for any purpose, short of protecting another, should not be condoned...period.

 

[Lex Concord]

So basically, you support eating babies.

As much as Swift.

 

[Denny347]

MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Denny347]

I guess it comes down to when you believe a human life begins and how sacred you hold the most innocent of lives.

He should rephrase that bill. He ought to take out that part -- "....for human consumption...". Killing innocent human life for any purpose, short of protecting another, should not be condoned...period.

They are not related. You cannot get these from fetuses. Lawmaker is ignorant of what he is trying to outlaw...funny how that seems to be a common occurrence. Where do these dumb***es come from?

I'm opposed to abortion. Can embryonic stem cell lines come from aborted fetuses?

No. Cells with the potential to form embryonic stem cells in a lab dish only exist in these very young, four to five day old blastocysts. They are a fleeting cell type that disappears after that point in time. A common misconception is that the cells can come from older embryos or from aborted fetuses, which is in fact not possible.


Myths and Misconceptions About Stem Cell Research | California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

 

[TMU317]

They are not related. You cannot get these from fetuses. Lawmaker is ignorant of what he is trying to outlaw...funny how that seems to be a common occurrence. Where do these dumb***es come from?

I'm opposed to abortion. Can embryonic stem cell lines come from aborted fetuses?

No. Cells with the potential to form embryonic stem cells in a lab dish only exist in these very young, four to five day old blastocysts. They are a fleeting cell type that disappears after that point in time. A common misconception is that the cells can come from older embryos or from aborted fetuses, which is in fact not possible.


Myths and Misconceptions About Stem Cell Research | California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

If you believe life begins at conception, then destroying a four to five day old blastocyst in order to harvest embryonic stem cells is murder.

 

[EvilBlackGun]

I feel all warmer and fuzzier since ...

... the news comes from CALIFORNIA Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If you believe life begins at conception, then destroying a four to five day old blastocyst in order to harvest embryonic stem cells is murder.

Thank you...my point, exactly.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness applies to everybody...not just those outside the womb.

 

[Denny347]

If you believe life begins at conception, then destroying a four to five day old blastocyst in order to harvest embryonic stem cells is murder.

Oooookay

 

[Kirk Freeman]

How did this come about? What is the backstory on this proposal?

Anything for human consumption?

Does Oklahoma define shampoo as food? Medicines?

Was not aware that lampshades from human skin was a concern in Oklahoma.

 

[Stschil]

Just as long as the next ad campaign is not called Mountain Dew Conception.

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I seriously doubt that these stem cells are being "harvested" from anything in utero. More likely it is all done in labs with donated eggs and sperm. I personally don't consider that "Conception".

 

[Paco Bedejo]

I seriously doubt that these stem cells are being "harvested" from anything in utero. More likely it is all done in labs with donated eggs and sperm. I personally don't consider that "Conception".

If doing such harvesting is wrong, then most of those people you go to church with who have fraternal twins from artificial insemination treatments likely have some frozen or discarded "children" from the process. I'm not arguing for laws one way or the other...but I'll tell you that after 12 years of marriage & no kids, my wife & I have chosen to adopt, rather than wasting tens of thousands of dollars & entering into morally questionable territories. We'll officially have a 13 year old son two weeks from now.