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To: amutr22; Peach; Soul Seeker; mariabush
I agree, but what do you think of the argument that if we should not be allowed to destroy embryos to research for cures, why should couple be able to make them through in-vitro when they cannot conceive?

An answer, and a true story.

The answer: one is destroying for the purpose of destruction, the other is creating for the purpose of creating life. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does, as mentioned in the following story:

A couple I knew from my church was in their mid 30s, about 11 years ago. Both of them were only children. The wife had a ruptured appendix when she was young, which caused some damage to her tubes. So she could get pregnant, but could not stay pregnant. They tried in-vitro for a long time, but it didn't work.

So they tried one last time, and finally she was able to get pregnant. Then they went to their first doctors' appointment. The doctor started counting, and stopped at five. Five! The doctor advised them to "selectively reduce" (cutesy term for abortion), in order to improve the chances for the others. They said "no way". If God wanted to take one or more, that was His call.

It turns out, they did lose one, naturally, a girl. They didn't treat it as just some blob, they treated her as a real person. (and these are not fanatics.) Later, they went back to the doctor, who again counted, and found out that they had...five. They said, "how can we have five? We lost one." The doctor said, "Well, you had six then, because you had five then, you have five now." (one was hidden in the original ultrasound reading.)

So they were pregnant with five children. She looked like someone with twins would look full term at 2 months. She was on bedrest from 2 months, until they took them at 6 and a half months. 95 seconds later, they had five healthy children, ranging from 3 pounds to 4 1/2 pounds, the healthiest set of quintuplets ever born in the U.S.

By the way, their names are Scot and Patty Shier. Do an internet search on their name, you'll find their full story. They named their three girls after women in the Bible who had been barren, but were later given children by God: Sarah, Hannah, and Rachel. The two boys, Jonathan and Joshua, were named after their strong and mighty Biblical equivalents.

Their church helped out round the clock. Companies donated everything from diapers to an add-on to their house. They have been on the Tonight Show, and some of the Home network shows. The hospital, out here in California, holds a birthday party for them every year. And on their last birthday, this past January 23, the quints turned 10.

Is that a blessing or what?

268 posted on 07/19/2006 12:42:42 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (To exercise your first amendment rights, go to college. To defend them, join the military.)
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To: Christian4Bush

That is a true blessing, Christian. What an inspiration to have the courage of their convictions.


289 posted on 07/19/2006 12:55:04 PM PDT by Peach (Prayers for our dear friends in Israel.)
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