Friday, May 16, 2008

McHenry seeks to end in-vitro fertilization

He's a co-sponsor of HR 4157. Otherwise sanctimoniously known as the "Sanctity of Human Life Act." From That's My Congress:
H.R. 4157 . . . might more accurately be entitled the Zygote Political Enfranchisement Act or the Anti-Fertility Act. The legislation has been written by Congressman Broun in order to define a human egg created in the United States from the moment of fertilization, through its development into a fetus ready to be born, as a complete person with full legal rights and constitutional protections equal to that of any other American citizen.
From the bill:
“the life of each human being begins with fertilization, cloning, or its functional equivalent, irrespective of sex, health, function or disability, defect, stage of biological development, or condition of dependency, at which time every human being shall have all the legal and constitutional attributes and privileges of personhood.”
. . .
“The term ‘fertilization’ means the process of a human spermatozoan penetrating the cell membrane of a human oocyte to create a human zygote, a one-celled human embryo, which is a new unique human being.”

That's My Congress argues:
. . . according to Representative Broun, all fertilization requires is for a sperm to break through the cell membrane of a human oocyte (egg). Even if the sperm’s genetic material fails to unite with the egg’s, Paul Broun’s law counts the result as a human being with full constitutional rights to equal protection under the law.

The expense of going through full fertility procedures even with fertilized eggs that could never be successfully implanted in a woman’s womb would make in vitro fertilization unattainable for all but the most wealthy American couples. Even for those couples, however, the practical cost could be too much to bear.

. . .

That makes H.R. 4157, in effect, a bill to ban in vitro fertilization.
What do you think?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Como poder expresar esto que siento
Un sentimiento tan extraño y profundo
Que me viene de adentro como un manantial
Que no cabe duda tiene que ser algo especial.

Este sentimiento más que de tristeza es de felicidad,
Porque me doy cuenta que la humanidad
Busca la felicidad en cosas externas
Sin darse cuenta que la lleva consigo misma.

Ser feliz esta en el corazón de cada quien
No es necesario que venga del exterior
Ser feliz esta en ti, en nadie mas.
No es necesario que venga del exterior.

Cuando sientas que se llega la noche
En tu vida y creas no encontrar la alegría
Busca una luz que siempre esta contigo
Busca en tu interior y encontrarás la alegría

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