Pelosi asked to oppose egg donation

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 Pelosi asked to oppose egg donation

Want to know how bad an idea it is for women to provide eggs for research?  It�s bad enough to get women who call themselves �pro-life� and �pro-choice� feminists to band together to oppose the practice.  Their organization is called �Hands Off Our Ovaries.�

You can read their statements yourself on their website www.handsoffourovaries.com.

Their press release section (http://handsoffourovaries.com/blog/category/press-releases) contains a letter that was sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, to ask that she �refrain from seeking enabling legislation or funding for cloning research, which will jeopardize women�s health.�

They explain that although the processes necessary for egg donation are hazardous in several known ways and the long-term risks are unknown the public has not been made aware of the situation.

They say, �The politics of abortion has hijacked clear thinking on the issue of embryo stem cell research. In order to liberate full disclosure of the issues from the log-jam of abortion discourse, proChoice and proLife feminists from around the world joined forces to create HandsOffOurOvaries, a safe-zone in which together we draw attention to the disregard of women�s lives demonstrated by the push for egg procurement.�

Pelosi is no friend of the pro-life movement.  It remains to be seen if she is still unconcerned with women�s health even when the issue is explained by women who are firmly pro-choice or if, indeed, �the politics of abortion� will prevail.

The letter to Pelosi is an excellent, succinct, readable explanation of the facts hidden by the hype surrounding egg donation.

RARTL Updated July, 2007


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