Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Sex "Dos" and "Don'ts" from Mean Pope













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As an early Christmas present to the dwindling amount of folks who find him relevant AND can afford the following technologies, Mean Pope issued the following , "Dignitas Personae," outlining his take on what is an isn't acceptable behavior relating to fertility, embryos, and bits of embryos.

Reuter's condenses the 26 page document as follows:

-- in vitro fertilization.
-- research in and use of embryonic stem cells.
-- post-fertilization birth control methods such as morning after pills, the so-called abortion pill RU-486 (mifepristone) and the inter-uterine device (IUD).
-- surrogate motherhood.
-- human cloning, both reproductive and therapeutic.
-- hybrid cloning using animal oocytes (immature female germ cells) to reprogram the nuclei of human somatic cells.
-- freezing embryos or oocytes for use in artificial fertilization.
-- pre-implantation diagnosis of embryos to avoid genetic defects or select for gender or other qualities.
-- reduction of implanted embryos to prevent multiple births.
-- intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to overcome male fertility problems.
-- germ line cell therapy to modify genes transmitted to offspring.
-- genetic enhancement for purposes other than medical treatment.
-- use of human biological material of illicit origin, such as experimentation on human embryos.

The document declared the following procedures morally acceptable:


-- promotion of natural fertility including hormone treatment and surgery for endometriosis or obstructed fallopian tubes.
-- use of stem cells obtained from adult organisms, umbilical cord blood or fetuses dead by natural causes.
-- research into the prevention of sterility.
-- somatic gene cell therapy for strictly therapeutic purposes in an individual patient.

...something tells me he's going to be in no hurry to beatify irregular labias, either, which is unfortunate considering NYUI already printed up these nice pink ads.

*yes I used that picture before and I will use it everytime.


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