Summary
Since 1997, a small but growing arm of the pro-life movement has been promoting a new name for what Lauren went through to get herself pregnant: [...] as the push for embryonic stem cell research intensifies, so will efforts by pro-life advocates to gain legal rights for embryos. By important, of course, he means bad-bad for in vitro fertilization, bad for the future of embryonic stem cell research, and bad for reproductive liberty.
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Pre-Born Again
In November, Lauren, a pretty 36-year-old physician's assistaJttwith a passing resemblance to Frances McDormand, traveled from her home in New York's Hudson Valley to a luroxville, Tennessee, fertility clink toclaimdiree embryos left over from another couple's in vitxo fertilization cycle.
Lauren and her husband cant conceive oh their own. Three years earlier, they had adopted a little girl, and now, in a final bid to experience pregnancy, Lauren headed to the clinic, where the frozen embryos were thawed and transferred to her uterus.Doctors call the procedure "embryo donation.''Today, six months pregnant with triplets, Lauren is uncomfortable; Her back is killing her, and she has heartburn.She reclines in a red, plastic chair at the local indoor play center in Fishkill, while her daughter, Maliha, romps on an inflatable castle nearby. Exhausted, she rubs her stomach up high, where the heartburn is the worst, and eats an energy bar. An Army veteran and a former marathoner, she's a little in awe of what has happened to her body.But her discomfort goes beyond aches and pains. She also chafes at the idea that some people think of her as a participant in the ongoing culture wars involving abortion and stem cell research.Since 1997, a small but growing ...See the full content of this document
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