This is an interesting story with a TN tie since the couple they profiled traveled to Knoxville to do their "embryo adoption." No, they are not pro lifers, just an infertile couple who wanted children. The interesting part is the concern over the words used and the scare that words will help humanize the pre born and notice the sarcasm of being pre born again. Obviously a slam on religious beliefs....... so they are scared of "snowflakes"
Reproductive rights activists and supporters of embryonic stem cell research are watching with growing alarm. "I think it is dangerous," says Sean Tipton, spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. "It's the language of embryo adoption that helps people start equating in their minds an embryo with a child. And if you establish that legally, it becomes very important."
Read the full article here from the New York Times
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