Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Human Commodity - Hook and Vogel, JOFMM Spring 2004

When the pastor opened his counseling list, he had to look
twice to be sure he had read it correctly:
9 am: The Olsons are not pregnant yet, but they
would like your input as they plan what to do with
the five or ten embryos the doctor says they may
have left over if God blesses them with a child. They
could have up to triplets and want to run by you the
idea of choosing only girls (to be sure they have considered
all factors). They are leaning toward cord
blood banking, but it is quite expensive.2 What
would you advise?
10 am: Mr. Tuft would like to enroll in a medical
study to treat his disease, but he is not sure what the
doctor meant by “different kinds of stem cells.”3 His
doctor suggested he might want to talk with you
first, so he now suspects there are ethical issues
involved....

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