tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post6216107224800632743..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: Pre-empted!Jim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-69341311313580039242009-03-11T13:51:00.000-04:002009-03-11T13:51:00.000-04:00IVF, though a lovely idea, created a great many mo...IVF, though a lovely idea, created a great many more problems than it solved, IMHO.<BR/><BR/>Yes, to be unable to conceive a child "naturally" is a heartbreak and a loss. I do not mean to devalue that pain.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I have a hard time excusing the numbers. Each IVF procedure costs roughly $10, 000, and insurance typically covers between 3 - 10 attempts. If all life is sacred, why prioritize $100, 000 of our own DNA instead of adopting children without parents? $10, 000 would go a long way toward adoption, be it foreign or domestic.<BR/><BR/>As you say, what do you do with the "leftover" embryos? Do they have a better "quality of life" frozen than serving a research purpose?<BR/><BR/>Then we get to what happens to humans once we are born - how many people are cast off? I am thoroughly tired of this notion that anyone out of work right now brought it upon themselves and deserves whatever misery they get after foreclosure. $10, 000 could do a lot there, too.<BR/><BR/>I am pro-choice in part because I do not believe that 9 year olds who become pregnant with twins because they're raped by their stepfathers (big news in Brazil recently) should have to die carrying fetuses that their bodies simply cannot handle. Nor do I see an ectopic pregnancy as a punishment from God and believe that women should be forced to go through with that pregnancy until the fallopian tube bursts and the mother dies.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-81168576410055604302009-03-10T23:40:00.000-04:002009-03-10T23:40:00.000-04:00I offer my sympathies on the carpet-laying project...I offer my sympathies on the carpet-laying project. We went through a similar thing to refinish the wood floors in our 1860's house - except we had massive quantities of dust from the sander. Nice, fine dust that settled - everywhere.<BR/><BR/>I'm not faster than you. I just didn't lose power. And I will establish right here and now: JIM IS NOT A COPYCAT! It just couldn't be. You're more sarcastic than I am, remember?<BR/><BR/>And, yes, you had me laughing again. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com