The Useful Dead III

The ends to which science will go to call down lightning from heaven continue to expand. Via Young Fogey comes this breakthrough. Scientists in the Netherlands and Israel (!) are working to harvest eggs from aborted little girls for later use with in-vitro fertilization. There is, apparently, a worldwide shortage of such eggs. Since there is no shortage of aborted babies, this would be a reproductive gold mine.

Professor Roger Gosden, director of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in the US, told BBC News Online that there were a number of question marks, ethical and practical, over the use of foetal follicles to help people become pregnant.

However, he said that the research itself was worthwhile, because it might help doctors learn more about the process, even if it never led to foetal eggs being used in IVF.

He said: "Surely it's better to do some good with tissue than no good?" MORE

No, no, no. This isn't just "tissue." It's PEOPLE!!! How would you like to grow up knowing that your mother was an aborted baby? That's where we are headed. God help us.

I am beginning to suspect that The Useful Dead will become a regular feature of this blog. I will assign a topic heading and continue numbering future updates.