Pharmaceutical Companies Making Billions On Drugs Being Given To Consumers Viewing Misleading Ads On Their Televisions – How much longer will they be able to get away with this deception of consumers?

FDA Warnings On Anemia Drugs — Click to read article.

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Once again, the pharmaceutical companies were able to use the media and buy ads in support of (in this case) an anemia drug, that is now being reported to be dangerous and over-prescribed. Shocking! This is because the pharmaceutical companies have been allowed to report misleading and non-factual information about the effectiveness of their drugs. Basically spending millions to trick consumers into thinking a medication will help them, with commercials touting benefits that have not even been proven. So you, and not your doctor, will suggest having it prescribed, based on false information you saw in a lovely heartfelt t.v. commercial. And I have a “snake oil” that will extend your life by twenty-five years, too bad I don’t have the money to make a commercial.

Of course the companies making these false accusations about their “anemia” drugs…..(not any of the others), will stop doing so. Since they already made a financial killing off this perfectly choreographed deception of the consumer, backing off on this particular campaign is not problem. I’m sure they have some guy that already gave them the “cost/benefit” analysis, that allows for a certain amount of deaths related to this medication since the cost of lawsuits will not outweigh the benefit of huge profits for shareholders. It’s all very legal, and very effective.

What do you think about this?

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ALSO SEE:

MANDATORY VACCINE FOR 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS AGAINST STD VIRUS — BEST FOR THE GIRL OR BEST FOR THE SHAREHOLDERS?

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WHAT’S NOT BEING REPORTED ABOUT THE MERCK CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VACCINES

WHY YOU SHOULD JUST SAY “NO” TO THE HPV VACCINE

MILLIONS Of 12 Year Old Girls To Get A Vaccine That Will Prevent 70% Of The 3,700 Deaths A Year From Cervical Cancer. Does This Really Make Sense? What Do You Think?

This is my fourth post on this issue. I just can not believe that I am still hearing so much support on major news stations for this vaccine to be made mandatory, and little to no information on the problems with this vaccine. I am still only hearing the major talking-points of pharmaceutical companies. Who is standing up for the rights of our girls?

If there are about 10 million girls age 12 in America, and of course each year there will be approximately another 10 million…..We are talking about vaccinating tens of millions of girls to stop 70% of the current 3,700 cases of cervical cancer deaths each year. Cervical cancer will make up a total of 1% (yes, one precent) of all cancer diagnosis of women in America. And AGAIN, this vaccine will only prevent 70% of those 1%. Am I the only one that finds this alarming and strange? Over 70,000 women will die of Lung Cancer and over 40,000 women will die of Breast Cancer, in the same year that 3,700 women will die of Cervical Cancer. DOES THE BENEFIT OF THIS VACCINE REALLY OUTWEIGH THE RISK? Why isn’t anyone talking about that???????

Is there any doubt that this vaccine is more important to the pharmaceutical companies and less valuable to the actual 12 year old girls? This vaccine only works for 5 years. Does anyone really think these girls are going to get re-vaccinated every five years until they are not sexually active anymore? The only reason this vaccine is being made mandatory in over 18 states, and probably more to come, is because Merck has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of many politicians, that are now taking away the decision making process from parents and giving it to states and pharmaceutical companies. And it seems to me that the media is helping to facilitate a fear campaign about HPV, further facilitating the agenda of the pharmaceutical companies. Why is the media not making a greater effort to report the negative aspects of this vaccine?

I admit, this issue is really getting under my skin. But that doesn’t change the facts. We are allowing a pharmaceutical company dictate the policy of this country….it is a BIG deal, but it is being reported as a little deal. What is going on?????

Anyway, here are some more of the facts:

“Cervical cancer has gone from being one of the top killers of American women to not even being on the top 10 list. This year cervical cancer will represent just 1 percent of the 679,510 new cancer cases and 1 percent of the 273,560 anticipated cancer deaths among American women. By contrast, some 40,970 women will die of breast cancer and 72,130 will die of lung cancer.

According to the American Cancer Society, “‘Between 1955 and 1992, the number of cervical cancer deaths in the United States dropped by 74 percent.’ Think about it: 74 percent.”

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Also See:  More information on cervical cancer from the American Cancer Society.

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10 REASONS WHY THE HPV VACCINE IS A “MURKY” ISSUE — read full article

The top 10 leading killers of women in the U.S. are heart disease, stroke, lung cancer (more than 70,000 deaths of women per year), respiratory diseases, Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, diabetes, accidents, flu/pneumonia and colon cancer. About 3,700 U.S. women die of cervical cancer each year; that is about 1/8th of the number of women who die from colon cancer, the No. 10 killer of U.S. women.

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THE HPV VACCINE….NOT REALLY SAFE

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A Call For Global Use Of The Vaccine — read full article

Officials from Merck and Glaxo attending the conference said they would cut the cost for developing nations substantially but stopped short of promising a not-for-profit price.

In the past, the world has been used to giving simple shots against childhood diseases that cost a few pennies — but that model is changing as more complex vaccines are developed.

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ALSO SEE: What Is Not Being Reported About The HPV Vaccine

If we allow this to happen, how many more decisions about our own children do you think the government will take from us? How many more multi-million dollar companies do you think will buy-off politicians to make their products mandatory? This is a slippery slope. How are we going to stop it? Why isn’t anyone trying to stop it?

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ALSO SEE: Pharmaceutical Companies Putting Profits Before People

and Gardasil — The Three Faces of the HPV Vaccine…Fear, Facts, and Profits

The HPV Vaccine — The Flu Vaccine — The Chicken Pox Vaccine — What We Know, And What We Don’t Know.

I wanted to address some of the additional things that have been brought up in the “comments” over the last few days, regarding the issue of vaccines.

 

Even though Merck has said it will stop spending money in a continued pursuit to make it’s HPV vaccine mandatory – Merck has already been successful in it’s “consumer mis-information campaign“. Since there is already enough confusion and concern about this vaccine and cervical cancer, the success of Merck’s vaccine is essentially guaranteed.

We have short memories in this country, and since the media is in the practice of repeating and re-repeating ‘talking-points’ masquerading as ‘facts’, this is not going to change anytime soon.

Never the less, I took some time today to gather some information on vaccines, that you may or may not be aware of. We need to stick together as the collective consumers of this country, and help open each-others eyes to the deceptions being put in front of us by Corporate America.

So, a little bit more about the HPV vaccine.

Although 90 percent of cervical cancer is believed to be caused by HPV, it is still only about 4% of people with HPV that will get cervical cancer. And, it is my opinion that this vaccine, will cause women to have a false sense of security about cervical cancer and not have routine PAP tests, as well as possibly make them feel they do not need to “protect” themselves from other STD’s as well as AIDS.

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[Drug-industry analyst Steve Brozak of W.B.B. Securities has projected Gardasil sales of at least $1 billion per year _ and billions more if states start requiring the vaccine. "I could not think of a bigger boost," he said.] — read entire article

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In its product manufacturer insert, Merck states that “Vaccination does not substitute for routine cervical cancer screening. Women who receive GARDASIL should continue to undergo cervical cancer screening per standard of care.” Merck also states that “The duration of immunity following a complete schedule of immunization with GARDASIL has not been established.” — see complete article

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Below, Meryl Nass, MD, whose medical expertise includes vaccine safety, epidemiology and biological warfare, provides insight into the medical and ethical concerns — and the unanswered scientific questions about Merck’s Gardasil vaccine. Among the issues addressed by Dr. Nass:

• Unlike infectious diseases that spread in schools — like polio and measles — HPV is only transmitted sexually. Why, then, is Merck seeking mandatory vaccine orders? Is it deliberately to usurp parental rights and responsibilities?
• Since boys transfer the HPV virus to girls, why don’t boys get vaccinated? Why are only girls being pushed to take the vaccine?
• There are over 30 HPV viruses. Of these, 10 may cause cancer. Merck’s vaccine is effective for only 4 of these potentially cancerous viruses. Therefore, PAP tests are still essential to detect cancer and save lives, as well as condoms, which remain the safest, most effective method for preventing HIV transfer and numerous sexually transmitted diseases.
• The oversell of Gradasil is likely to mislead those vaccinated to think that they are safe when they are not. This has the potential of increasing both STDs and cancer. — see complete article

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This is not the first time the pharmaceutical companies have gotten away with this type of thing….the chick-pox vaccine and the flu vaccine are other examples of this. These are illnesses that seldom cause death in the average person, except in the very young, the very old, and the very sick……so those are the people that “really” need this type of vaccine. But, it wouldn’t be as profitable for the pharmaceutical companies, if they were not getting as many people as possible to get these vaccines. This is why it is so important for them to put a large amount of effort into “convincing” the American people of the urgent need for these vaccines.

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Take the FLU VACCINE –

What the public didn’t know in the fall of 2003 — the supposed spread of a deadly flu epidemic and a shortage of flu vaccine was little more than a joint government/ industry PR campaign — an operation that greatly increased flu vaccine makers’ profits while scaring the bejesus out of millions of Americans.

Across the country, people, especially children, were dying earlier in the flu season and in higher numbers than the experts had seen before. At least that’s what they said, and since they were nationally respected experts with impeccable qualifications, no one questioned them, nor the high-ranking government health bureaucrats who shared the microphone with them at press conferences about the flu. After all, what would these well-meaning people have to gain personally by misleading the public about the flu?

As it turns out, quite a lot. All it took to ignite a media feeding frenzy over the flu was a few well-placed suggestions by a few well-qualified people that this season could turn out to be far more deadly than usual. The media did the rest.

What the public wasn’t told was that the handful of experts who drove the story, by predicting doom and gloom in national news reports, either worked directly for the flu vaccine companies or served on the boards of special interest groups whose activities those companies funded. The public was also never told that the same pharmaceutical companies, which had peppered Congress with millions in political contributions over the last three years, were pressuring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — and ultimately its sub-agency, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) — to increase the number of people who bought their vaccines. — see the complete article

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What about the Chicken Pox Vaccine?

The chicken-pox vaccine, is not a life-long protection….this can and will proven to be very harmful to unborn children of women who received this vaccine and then are exposed to someone with chicken pox or shingles while pregnant…..the children that began getting this vaccine are in high school now….so it won’t be long. Not to mention, that getting chicken pox as a child is not near the problem as getting it as an adult…..when these vaccines are not protecting these kids anymore….they will be adults. How many 18 to 25 year old people do think are going to go and get a “booster” for chicken pox???? Maybe we are going to have to make them mandatory?

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More on the Chicken Pox Vaccine –

No one really knows what the long term ramifications of exposure to this virus in this unorthodox way are. Since it is so new, there is no long term data available. In fact there is no data to even suggest that after ten years, immunity from this vaccine is sufficient to prevent the disease — possibly leaving people vulnerable to getting chickenpox as adults when the risks of this illness are much greater! — see complete report

 

Take, for example, the new chicken pox vaccine. Recently, there was a chicken pox outbreak in a New Hampshire daycare. Of the 25 infected kids, 17 had already been vaccinated. This was quite a surprise to officials at the CDC, who had thought the vaccine more effective and not counted on kids needing booster shots as soon as three years after they received the vaccine. In reality, very little is known about efficacy and safety of vaccines until they are already approved for use in babies and small children. Until the vaccine has been tested on millions of kids, we don’t really know what the rare and serious side effects are. And, until there is an outbreak among the vaccinated, we don’t really know when the vaccine wears off or how effective it really is. However, vaccines have been considered so important to public health in the past decades that these inconsistencies with drug approval have not been considered important or alarming. But what happens when these kids who were vaccinated and given their boosters for chicken pox are exposed to it as adults when many of them won’t have received their recommended boosters? Twenty percent of chicken pox fatalities occur in people over 30 years old. We will have successfully increased the danger of chicken pox, making it into the feared disease that public health officials would have us believe it is for our children. So, on top of changing the epidemiology of the disease from one that only 10 percent of 15-year-olds haven’t gotten, we’re also exposing our small kids to a wild card of possible side effects from the vaccines—whether those are caused by the actual viral material or the list of things that material is mixed with in the shot.
– see complete article

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Then there is a vaccine being given to babies to prevent diarrhea –

The government warned on Tuesday of potentially life-threatening twisting of the intestines in infants vaccinated against a virus that is the leading cause of early childhood diarrhea.

The condition, called intussusception, is the same that led to the withdrawal of the first rotavirus vaccine eight years ago. — see complete article

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I can’t say who should get these vaccines and who should not. But I think we all need to know that facts, and make educated decisions about whether or not to use these vaccines. We can only do that if we are getting the truth about these vaccines from both our government and Corporate America.

ALSO SEE: The Campaign of Deception — How Corporate America Has Taken Over Our Government

If you have an opinion or any additional information on this topic, I hope you will leave a comment.

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Merck Admits It Was Wrong To Lobby For Making HPV Vaccine Mandatory

The Associated Press is reporting that Merck will stop lobbying to make it’s HPV vaccine mandatory. Maybe “the people” still have a voice after-all!

Merck criticized by parents and doctors for pushing cervical cancer vaccine

[The drugmaker had been criticized by parents and doctors’ groups for quietly funding the campaign via a third party to require 11- and 12-year-old girls get the three-dose vaccine in order to attend school.] — see full article at MSNBC

[Merck launched Gardasil, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, in June.

Sales totaled $255 million through the end of 2006, according to Merck.

Timing of Merck's push questioned
Last month, the AP reported that Merck was channeling money for its state-mandate campaign through Women in Government, an advocacy group made up of female state legislators across the country.] — see full article at MSNBC

ALSO SEE: What Is Not Being Reported About The HPV Vaccine

AND 10 REASONS WHY THE HPV VACCINE IS A “MURKY” ISSUE

AND More On How Pharmaceutical Companies Are Deceiving Consumers

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The Campaign of Deception — How Corporate America Has Taken Over Our Government.

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THE CAMPAIGN OF DECEPTION — by Catherine Morgan

In researching my articles for this blog over the last several weeks, I noticed a disturbing fact about our government. Well obviously, more than one. But, one in particular, that seems to encompass every major issue this country is facing today. It seems to me that the idea of government being “for the people”, has become a government “for the corporations”. More specifically, for the corporations that are funding political campaigns.

I know, nothing new, this is a problem that has been going on forever. Laws have even been written to try to reduce or eliminate this problem. But, every lawyer knows that laws have loop-holes, and they know how to find them. O.k. — I admit the “lawyer” part is an assumption, maybe not “every” lawyer knows this. None the less, the laws have done little to stop the corporate funding of favors that are going on in our government. That is not even the real problem any more, the problem has ballooned into a “literal” systematic take-over of our government. As far as I can tell, there is NO aspect of our government, that is not being partially or totally funded by special interest groups and multi-million dollar corporations. This is beyond a partisan problem, this is the entire system of government, both Democrats and Republicans. Making it even harder to see any chance that this problem can ever be corrected.

I first noticed this when I was researching the topic of Homeless in America, then again when I was researching The Iraq War, then again with Global Warming, then again with No Child Left Behind, then once again while researching for my previous post on The HPV Vaccine. These are all instances of government policy being dictated by corporations, and this is only scratching the surface. Some others are; Banks being able to give credit cards to people without social security numbers, Medicare and prescription drug plans, the Insurance industry, 99.9% of our foreign policy, WAL-MART, voting machines, and the list goes on and on.

The biggest problem is not even the money that is funding politicians and political parties, in return for favors. The biggest problem is the campaign of deception targeted at the American people, by both the government and the corporations. By that I mean, the release of research, and/or mis-information to the public for the sole purpose of corporate profits. This is in no way a small problem, in-fact this is the “rip-up the pages in the rule book and just throw them in the air out of frustration, wave a white flag, and give-up” kind of problem. At least from my perspective, this seems to be such a pervasive problem, that I see no hope in the possibility of rectifying it.

Well, let me give you some of the information I have come across, maybe it’s not as bad as all that, I could be over reacting, that happens sometimes. I hope you will check out the information, and let me know what you think. Mainly — Is there any hope for our government to go back to being “for the people”? I’m not so good with history, but I think somewhere in the Constitution is says something about that? Maybe someone can enlighten me on that too.

Anyway, here it is:

[Under the administration of George W. Bush, the White House has become the East Coast branch office of ExxonMobil and Peabody Coal, and climate change has become the preeminent case study of the contamination of our political system by money.] — see full article

[Not surprisingly, many of the bills benefit the companies that helped write them. Consider ALEC's "Environmental Audit Privilege," a measure that relieves companies of legal responsibility for their own pollution] — see full article

Corporate Patriotism or War Profiteering?:
[Hundreds of Americans soldiers have made the ultimate sacrifice for a war that was sold to the American public by misleading assertions about an imminent threat, weapons of mass destruction, and ties to terrorist groups like Al Qaeda. In November, American taxpayers were asked to foot the bill as Congress passed the Bush administration's request for an additional $87 billion for the ongoing occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. Yet where is the $87 billion going? Mostly to companies with long-standing connections to the Bush administration, including Halliburton and Bechtel, the two contractors that have made the most money.] — see full article

[The pharmaceutical and health products industry has spent more than $800 million in federal lobbying and campaign donations at the federal and state levels in the past seven years, a Center for Public Integrity investigation has found. Its lobbying operation, on which it reports spending more than $675 million, is the biggest in the nation. No other industry has spent more money to sway public policy in that period. Its combined political outlays on lobbying and campaign contributions is topped only by the insurance industry.] — see full article

ALSO SEE:

The Political Money Line

The History of The Lobbying Disclosure Act

I look forward to hearing from all of you on this subject. Let me know what you think.

More On Money Spent On Lobbying — from MSNBC

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What Is Not Being Reported About The Merck Cervical Cancer Vaccine?

WHAT IS NOT BEING REPORTED ABOUT THE MERCK CERVICAL CANCER VACCINE — by Catherine Morgan

UPDATE:  See more information on Gardasil and the HPV virus on my BlogHer  Health & Wellness post at:  Gardasil — The Three Faces of the HPV Vaccine

Did anyone else notice the media passing off pharmaceutical talking points, as actual news? This is a sample of what has been reported in the media; CNN, TIME, and FOX, and MSNBC. I know this happens all the time, but this Cancer Vaccine thing, really takes the cake.

To start with, this is a vaccine that protects against the HPV virus, not cervical cancer. Then, they are trying to make it mandatory that all twelve year old girls be vaccinated, for a sexually transmitted disease. At first, I thought that was the most ridiculous part of this story. I thought that a vaccine was a good idea, but parents should be able to decide whether their child is vaccinated, not the government.

But, the more I listened to the media blitz, the more I realized that something was missing. We heard all about how one of the most important risk factors for cervical cancer is infection with a virus called HPV (human papillomavirus). We also found out that HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in America, affecting over 6 million people each year. So, if HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer, we would be crazy not to vaccinate our children, and that is exactly what “they” want us to believe.

The facts are staggering, but why wasn’t anyone reporting the statistics about how many of the millions affected with HPV will actually get cervical cancer? Probably because that wasn’t one of the “talking points” given to the media. It wasn’t easy to find the actual statistics on this, but I finally did. [The number of women in 2006 that will have been diagnosed with cervical cancer is estimated by the American Cancer Society (ACS) to reach 9,710, and 3,700 will have died of it.] I’m not saying that 3,700 deaths from cervical cancer isn’t a lot, but compared to the millions affected with HPV, the percent that will get or die of cervical cancer is a very small percentage.

[It should be stressed that only a very small percentage of women who have HPV will develop cervical cancer; so simply having HPV doesn't mean that you will get sick. ] — SEE FULL ARTICLE

So, why do we need to vaccinate for HPV? Why should vaccination be mandatory? Could it be pharmaceutical profit margins? No, that could not be the case, since this information and subsequent recommendations have been made by a non-profit, federally funded, bi-partisan organization called Women In Government.

[Women In Government is a national 501(c)(3), non-profit, bi-partisan organization of women state legislators providing leadership opportunities, networking, expert forums, and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues. Women In Government leads the nation with a bold, courageous, and passionate vision that empowers and mobilizes all women legislators to effect sound policy.]

Interestingly enough, the companies funding this government organization, are none other than the pharmaceutical companies, who will ultimately benefit from the policies made by this organization.

I just want to know, does the benefit of this vaccine outweigh the risks of this vaccine? Should this vaccine be mandatory for young girls? Isn’t the instance of cervical cancer already going down dramatically in this country because of routine PAP tests?

[Since the Pap test was introduced, the cervical cancer rate has dropped by roughly 70 percent. Experts say the rate would likely have dropped even further if more low-income women and minority women had been screened.]

So, tell me what you think. Are we getting the whole story? Who really benefits from this vaccine, young girls or large pharmaceutical companies?

ALSO SEE: MERCK ADMITS IT WAS WRONG TO LOBBY FOR MAKING HPV VACCINE MANDATORY

TEN REASONS WHY HPV VACCINE IS “MURKY” ISSUE

HPV VACCINE, FLU VACCINE, CHICKEN POX VACCINE…..AND SO ON…

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What do you think about Stem Cell Research?

What do you think about Stem Cell Research? – by Catherine MorganIt seems to me that the idea of whether or not life begins at the pre-embryo or “zygote” shouldn’t be the main issue. Let’s just say for arguments sake, that it does. If we are saying that the “zygote” is just as much of a life as any other life, and that by using it for scientific research it is essentially “killing” that potential life, then that should be the main issue. For that reason, the public should be up-in-arms over the destruction of these “zygotes”. Why is it o.k. to just dispose of this potential life? Shouldn’t that be the main issue?

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The stem cells that are taken from these “zygotes” are what is needed for the research that could very well save millions of lives in the future. So, if the choice is between destroying stem cells or using them to help save a life….It seems a “no-brain-er” to me that possibly saving someones life would be a more virtuous use of these cells then just tossing them out in the trash. It seems that it’s the “right to life” people that are most against stem cell research, but why then do they seem to think there is no problem with throwing out the “life” in a dumpster. That’s confusing to me.

I guess as a nurse I look at this situation a bit differently. When a family is faced with the loss of a child due to an accident of some sort, they are given the opportunity to “donate” any viable organs, tissue, or cells. Another words; it’s their choice, the family decides. Wouldn’t it be unconscionable if the government started stepping in and deciding what these families should do? Stem cell research is really the same thing in many ways. The families that used in-vitro fertilization to have their children should be the ones to decide what is done with any “left-over” stem cells. These cells are part of them and belong to them, not the government, not the scientists, not anyone else. Therefor, any decision on what should be done with these cells, should be made by the people that those cell actually belong to. The best way to do this would be much like when we state on our drivers licence that we are “organ donors”; the families that have used in-vitro fertilization should state on legal documents what they would like done with any “left over” embryos. As long as we allow in-vitro fertilization, the government and the public needs to step aside and let the families decide what they will do when these situations arise. We don’t tell them what to do when a child is conceived from this process, these children don’t belong to the government then, so why should they belong to the government before conception?

This is just how I feel. I know it is a controversial subject. I just wanted to point out that there was a time, not too long ago, when the government and the public questioned whether organ donation itself should be allowed….and now, look how many lives it saves.

Questioning and debate are always a good thing, just as long as we don’t become paralized with the inability to see certain subjects in more than one light. In this case, wouldn’t the most logical outcome be that the family decide if they want to donate these cells to science, or donate them to another couple, or have them discarded? It seems this could solve a lot of the controversy. And, not to point out the obvious; but this is really one of those “wedge” issues that the politicians use to manipulate the way we vote and divert our attention away from other important issues that the government really should be focusing on. I can think of a lot of other ways the government could contribute to saving human life, especially if they focus on the lives that are actually living.

I would love to know what others think on this “hot button” issue. But, if you comment, please do it in a way that is respectful and without harsh and angry words. Like I said before; I think the debate is important….but when you use words to just “shut-up” the other side….no side benefits.

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