Posted on 02/27/2003 12:02:54 PM PST by MHGinTN
The pro-abortion/Cloning forces have masterfully used language to promote and control their agenda. Words have power. Their "Semantic Gymnastics" have been used since the 60's, and earlier in the process of laying the groundwork for their industry of death.
The result is a "Language Barrier" of the worst kind. More than just a barrier, a "wall of separation" between the falsehood of "choice" and the truth that abortion is murder. It's origin is from the one who is the father of lies and a murderer from the beginning.
Through the manipulation of language, the culture of death has the majority of Americans thinking of their fellow citizens waiting to be born as anything and everything but citizens with equal rights. And the fact is most people don't concern themselves with others they can't see and never meet.
See Dr. William Brennan's excellent work Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives It explains how this whole system of deciet got started.
As for the length of your essay being too long to read, it depends on the audience you're trying to reach. Those of us who find this topic interesting and important will take the time to read it. I believe you write in plain English. We (freepers) have a very big advantage because we can always ask you to explain those things we don't understand. You are always available and patient to answer our questions. I appreciate that. Thank you.
One more BTTT! while I can get FR to work for me :)
abortion: a. constitutional right, under the penumbra and responsive to the emanations, of the right to privacy, as spelled out in Roe v. Wade and inhering in female citizens of the United States, to elect the termination of a pregnancy prior to natural term. b. (obsolete) Medical destruction, inside the mothers womb, of a child yet unborn, possessed of soul and human properties.
abortionist: (obsolete), pejorative term used to describe health providers assisting women in exercising anticipated right to terminate a pregnancy. (See "health provider.")
anti-choice: useful name for right-wing fanatics seeking to deprive American women of right to choose termination of a pregnancy. Often associated with narrow fundamentalist churches; also with Roman Catholics in sympathy with outlook and purposes of Vatican. (See "choice.")
abortion mill: (obsolete) Medical office where dirty, unsafe abortions were performed; pejorative term used before restoration of right to choose termination of a pregnancy, 1973, in Roe v. Wade.
baby: name for former occupant of womb. Not to be used during occupants stay in womb.
Bible: book formerly deemed authoritative by Christians and Jews; used to disparage exercise of right to choose termination of pregnancy. Passages affirming "right to life" widely regarded as strained in meaning and application. Widely discredited for failure to demonstrate understanding of quest for justice and equality.
Blackmun, Harry. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-93. Author of Roe v. Wade. Hero of struggle for right to choose the termination of a pregnancy. (See "choice.")
clinic: (see "abortion mill"). Medical office where clean, safe, loving abortions are performed under direction of trained and compassionate health providers. Sites often become focal points for mob action by fundamentalist opponents of choice.
compassion: supreme virtue of late 20th century. Generally connotes acceptance of right to terminate pregnancy.
death with dignity: outcome desired by patients of Dr. Jack Kevorkian (q.v.).
embryo: golliwog-like organism in early stages of development, how early depending on stage at which abortion is performed. Preferred for reference to womb-occupants unless advanced age of same makes "fetus" (q.v.) more appropriate.
fetus (see also "product of conception"): alternative name for embryo. Technical name applied to womb-occupant where embryo may be deemed inappropriate, generally because of advanced age.
fundamentalist: member of narrow religious sect seeking to impose on American women anti-modern view of family, parenthood, and submission to Bible (q.v.) and its standards. Can refer to Roman Catholics as well as evangelicals. Adherents often take part in demonstrations intended to deprive women of constitutional right to termination of pregnancy.
health provider: doctor sensitive to constitutional rights of women, as established under Roe v. Wade. Terminates pregnancies on request, with few if any questions asked. Disclaims knowledge of Hippocratic Oath or at least of those sections frowning on abortion. Often risks life to bring health and hope. Is frequent target for redneck fundamentalist gunmen with grudge against women and/or misplaced patriarchal feelings of protection toward them.
Kevorkian, Jack. Medical pioneer noted for compassion to incurably ill and despondent. Victim of patriarchalist justice sytsem. Imprisoned (1998) for efforts to defend right of choice in extension or non-extension of life.
product of conception: term for fetus, especially in articles written for the New York Times Op-Ed page and similar venues.
right to die: American constitutional right, traceable to Magna Carta and Declaration of Independence, though not officially affirmed by U.S. Supreme Court. Strenuously affirmed by compassionate citizens.
termination: outcome of procedure accomplished in clinic (q.v.) by health provider (q.v.) despite opposition of fundamentalists (q.v.).
women: class historically discriminated against by males through assertion of brute strength and cruelty; caused, against their will, to carry embryos to term, prior to intervention of Harry Blackmun (q.v.) and U.S. Supreme Court. * * *
Cloning
· Cloning-to-produce-children-Production of a cloned human embryo, formed for the (proximate) purpose of initiating a pregnancy, with the (ultimate) goal of producing a child who will be genetically virtually identical to a currently existing or previously existing individual.
· Cloning-for-biomedical-research-Production of a cloned human embryo, formed for the (proximate) purpose of using it in research or for extracting its stem cells, with the (ultimate) goals of gaining scientific knowledge of normal and abnormal development and of developing cures for human diseases.
· Gene (molecular) cloning-Isolation and characterization of DNA segments coding for proteins (genes) using carrier pieces of DNA called vectors.
· Human cloning-The asexual reproduction of a new human organism that is, at all stages of development, genetically virtually identical to a currently existing, or previously existing, human being.
If someone is aware of specific tissues or organs being cloned without going through the stage of first cloning an embryo from whom stem cells have been extracted, I would appreciate being referred to that research so that I may pour over it for clarity. I am aware of PCR and replication of DNA material (see the bold print in the above definition form the President's Council monograph), and that 'cloning' process doesn't go through an embryonic cloning phase, but as far as I am aware, there has been no successful cloning of organ or specific tissue without first going through an embryo harvesting stage where stem cells are removed from a clone embryo.
Below is a compilation of but a few hits regarding 'organ' and 'tissue' cloning:
Human Cloning: http://www.bishopneumann.com/A&Pstudents/humancloning.html
There are a lot of questions about human organ cloning. Some of the questions are:
-Is human organ cloning ethical?
-Is it legal?
-Why is it being done?
-What are the benefits of it?
To answer the questions you must first know exactly what human organ cloning is and how its done.
To clone human organs like the heart, liner, and skin, etc. A sample of a persons DNA is the first thing needed. Then the sample would be put into a human embryo. This ensures that the organs will be a match for the patient. Then the embryo is given two weeks to grow. After that the embryos stem cells would be removed. The stem cells would be able to grow into any tissue or organ that is needed. Then the tissue or organ is transplanted into the patient. But removing the embryos stem cells kills the embryo. This type of cloning is known a therapeutic cloning.
It is unfortunate that the term "cloning" refers to three very different procedures with three very different goals. It is also unfortunate that the first thought many people have when they hear the term is of horror movies which have showed the creation of human monsters or of armies of superhuman soldiers. Reality of cloning is very different.
The three different types of "cloning" are: http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm
Embryo cloning: This is a medical technique which produces monozygotic (identical) twins or triplets. It duplicates the process that nature uses to produce twins or triplets. One or more cells are removed from a fertilized embryo and encouraged to develop into one or more duplicate embryos. Twins or triplets are thus formed, with identical DNA. This has been done for many years on various species of animals; only very limited experimentation has been done on humans.
Adult DNA cloning (a.k.a. reproductive cloning) This technique which is intended to produce a duplicate of an existing animal. It has been used to clone a sheep and other mammals. The DNA from an ovum is removed and replaced with the DNA from a cell removed from an adult animal. Then, the fertilized ovum, now called a pre-embryo, is implanted in a womb and allowed to develop into a new animal. As of 2002-JAN, It had not been tried on humans. It is specifically forbidden by law in many countries. There are rumors that Dr. Severino Aninori has successfully initiated a pregnancy through reproductive cloning. It has the potential of producing a twin of an existing person. Based on previous animal studies, it also has the potential of producing severe genetic defects. For the latter reason alone, many medical ethicists consider it to be a profoundly immoral procedure when done on humans.
Therapeutic cloning (a.k.a. biomedical cloning): This is a procedure whose initial stages are identical to adult DNA cloning. However, the stem cells are removed from the pre-embryo with the intent of producing tissue or a whole organ for transplant back into the person who supplied the DNA. The pre-embryo dies in the process. The goal of therapeutic cloning is to produce a healthy copy of a sick person's tissue or organ for transplant. This technique would be vastly superior to relying on organ transplants from other people. The supply would be unlimited, so there would be no waiting lists. The tissue or organ would have the sick person's original DNA; the patient would not have to take immunosuppressant drugs for the rest of their life, as is now required after transplants. There would not be any danger of organ rejection.
There are major ethical concerns about all three types of cloning, when applied to humans. If you think this is confusing, try reading some of the testimony before Tauzins committee, March 28, 2001: http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/03282001Hearing141/Terry213.htm
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