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eppur_se_muova

(37,450 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:55 PM Jan 2012

gingrich-wants-panel-to-look-at-in-vitro-clinics (AP/Madison.com)

Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called Sunday for a commission to study the ethical issues relating to in vitro fertilization clinics, where infertile women receive treatment to get pregnant and large numbers of embryos are created.

"If you have in vitro fertilization you are creating life. And therefore we should look seriously at what should the rules be for clinics that do that because they're creating life," said Gingrich, who opposes abortion and says life begins at conception.

Gingrich, who is campaigning for votes in Tuesday's Florida primary, did not expand on his proposal for a commission. His remarks seemed to open the possibility of a larger federal role over IVF clinics across the country than currently exists.

Standing outside the Exciting Idlewild Baptist Church, where he had attended Sunday worship services, Gingrich also said he opposes the use of leftover embryos for stem cell research, which advocates say offers the hope of treatments or even cures for a variety of diseases.
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gingrich-wants-panel-to-look-at-in-vitro-clinics (AP/Madison.com) (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 OP
All hail Newt, Tea Party king!!!! JoePhilly Jan 2012 #1
I want to appeal Newt's mother's declined abortion petition... Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #2
leftover embryos eyeofnewt Jan 2012 #3
Yeah, Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #6
I thought republicans didn't like big government? abelenkpe Jan 2012 #4
The fine print on that is: PeaceNikki Jan 2012 #5

Xipe Totec

(44,063 posts)
2. I want to appeal Newt's mother's declined abortion petition...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:02 PM
Jan 2012

He's still not a conscious human being, so post partum abortion is still, technically legal...

Lunacee2012

(172 posts)
6. Yeah,
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 08:03 PM
Feb 2012

'cause all those type 1 diabetics and cancer patients, etc., etc., etc., don't really need a cure; they just need to pray harder. :eyeroll:

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
5. The fine print on that is:
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:31 AM
Jan 2012

[font size=1]*applicable only for white, Christian male property owners making over $250k/year and/or large corporations which are now considered 'people'[/font]

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