[ichabodcrane]

This is interesting because an argument could be made that the umbilical cord contents belong to the mother? So it bypasses any messy ethical questions. I for one have no problem with it.

[cgk]

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[USNBandit]

There are a couple companies in the U.S. that do this. My guess is that within 10 years the government will be asking all parents to donate umbilical blood for a national stem cell bank.

Of course the liberals will be disappointed because they won't have the chance to kill an embryo.

[gcruse]

Yes, calling the umbilical cord a baby is beyond even the TVC.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

What a strange headline.

[MHGinTN]

If the baby 'belongs to the mother' then so does the placenta. But in point of fact, the mother did not make the placenta or the baby, the baby began that construction process from the very beginning following conception.

[gaijin]

There's at least 5 companies doing this in the US that I can think of.

The difference is, in the US a lot of people who aren't professional athletes are rich enough to do it.