Tuesday, January 30, 2007

What About the Leftovers

For some reason lately I have been thinking a lot about leftover embryos that are stored in fertility clinics from invitro fertilization procedures (IVF). Today USAToday.com has a story about it that helped to answer some of my questions, like what happens to the leftover embryos.

But it still doesn't answer my major question which is where do the pro life groups who are opposed to abortion stand on IVF. I did find this helpful site, but what I can't tell is if this is the norm of opinion of Pro Lifers or only the extreme. Where does the Bush administration for example stand on IVF. He did veto a bill that would have funded stem cell research from stem cells that came from IVF embryos that were going to be discarded, but he has never talked about legislation to regulate or stop the use of IVF.

It seems that if you oppose abortion you must also oppose IVF. Are fertility clinics being protested and burned? Are the doctors of these clinics being threatened? These are the questions I want answered.