Ocata Therapeutics Inc fka OCAT

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I've been trying to understand what the controversy

is all about. I knew there was a controversy, but
I didn't know the specifics.

This article explains the point of view for the side trying to stop human embryo usage. It's a well written article, frank, easy to understand.

This is the essential paragraph. It's talking about an 8 cell human embryo.

Being pro-life means more than just being concerned with embryo-destruction. We prolifers understand that these embryos are complete human organisms, albeit early in development, and so deserve respect and protection. Is taking a single cell from such a young human being for research respecting and protecting them? Would anyone promoting this procedure be willing to let ACT remove 1/8th of their offspring in the name of stem cell research?

http://www.lifenews.com/2013/01/16/embryonic-stem-cell-technique-that-doesnt-harm-embryos-is-problematic/

I thought it would be clever to point out the chicken embryo, eggs, and the chicken. This is not at all original.

And ultimately the controvery extends down to the single egg, and the single sperm.

And the entire spectrum of controversy is now known as the 'unborn'. Which, so far, includes all of it, from the fertilized egg, up to and including, just before the fetus exits the birth canal.

So, it is what it is. It's an emotionally charged struggle on both sides.

The pro- labels have always confused me.
There's pro-life and pro-choice. It might as well be pro-red and pro-blue, you just have to memorize which is which. And after a while what's the point anyway.
It ultimately comes down to the question, are we going to do this or not?

So far, there's no serious attempt to shut down fertility clinics. There are about 500 in the US, and many more world wide. There is even a tourism industry offering travel packages combined with fertility treatments.

http://fertility.treatmentabroad.com/

Fertility clinics produce up to 20 embryos per patient. And the unused embryos, numbering in the millions, are ultimately, simply destroyed. There doesn't seem to be any significant effort to stop this.

The embryos being used for medical purposes are where all the controversy is focused. To me this is curious because at least these embryos have a sort of purpose, compared to pointless destruction.

It's a very interesting, very modern, very emotional, controversy.

I like to look back a hundred years and try to imagine what considerations they might have had for the unborn. The only analog would be when a woman lost a pregnancy. These people would have felt sorry for the mother, but I doubt they had a funeral for the unborn. I doubt they even considered the unborn unless it was very close to being born, and had a recognizable form. They would not even have known about an 8 cell embryo.

Someone had to sort of make this into a controversy by teaching people about cells, and the first stages of embryo development.
And I bet these people travel in a G5.

Looking ahead a hundred years, we'll probably have universal egg cells so that each individual can have his own personal embryonic stem cell line, ready, and on standby, for emergencies.

So anyway, that's all I've got.

When I hear someone arguing about the 'sanctity' of human life, I can't help thinking, "Gee, fella, have you ever met an actual human being?!!" And have you ever cracked open a history book?

And if you're going to say the embryos being used for stem cells is the same as slavery, are the frozen embryos being held captive?

Free the embryos, free the embryos, to do what exactly?

It gets ridiculous, really quickly.