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...party endorsement clearly means that Pierce's fundraising power is on the rise. Having won a supermajority, Pierce has all the resources of the Massachusetts GOP at his disposal. Although state law only allows the Republicans to give the Pierce campaign $3000, Pierce has access to the party's donor file which includes over 40,000 contributors, said Alexander T. Tennant '74, state GOP executive director...
...joyous as their news is so far, the Ayalas' actions raise some unsettling ethical questions. Chief among them: Is it right to conceive children expressly so that they can be donors? It is a dilemma that faces increasing numbers of parents today as researchers make possible more transplants of organs from living people. For the Ayalas, the drastic measure was a last resort. Neither Abe nor Mary has marrow that matches Anissa's. (Reason: her marrow has a mixture of genetic characteristics from both parents.) Nor does brother Airon, 19, have marrow that is compatible with his sister...
...decision worries some ethicists, who see it as a step on the path to treating offspring as objects. What if tests show that a baby conceived to be a donor is not medically useful? Parents might be tempted to have an abortion and try again. Babies might be used before birth. For example, transplants of fetal tissue may one day help victims of Parkinson's disease or juvenile diabetes. Will babies be conceived, then aborted to provide fetal tissue? "Children aren't medicine for other people," declares George Annas, a professor at Boston University's medical school. "Children are themselves...
...ethical dilemmas of creating a child donor could have been avoided if a suitable non-sibling donor had been available. Experts urge that more money and public-education efforts be devoted to expanding the national registry of potential bone-marrow donors...
...California couple's decision to conceive a baby in order to provide a transplant donor for an ailing older daughter promises both controversy and blessings...