Word: fetuses
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...Ultimately, this student will either choose to go through with the pregnancy or to abort the fetus. Regardless of what others may believe about the morality of her decision, she does not deserve to be attacked by her fellow students. Her mental health, already unstable as a result of sexual violence, can only be further damaged after she reads posters which accuse her of murder. These posters make her feel more isolated from other students during the time when she most needs social support...
...relationships. Will they be stigmatized like incest or polygamy, or will a cultural change occur far outside the walls of Harvard Yard? Likewise, the abortion question is not about women’s choice or supporting “life,” but whether the termination of a fetus is equivalent to terminating a human outside of the womb...
When you hear the name Elena, what comes to mind? If you were at Harvard last semester, you might recall the colorful Harvard Right to Life (HRL) posters depicting a fetus in various stages of development with a child’s crayon scribble saying “Hi, I’m Elena! Watch me grow!!” While undoubtedly controversial, the HRL posters were the essence of effective activism in that they were highly successful at raising awareness about an issue that gets far too little attention at Harvard...
...actively dividing cells did so. "That is good news for therapeutic cloning," notes Yang. From his research, Yang believes that most of the problems that occur in cloning occur after the blastocyst stage, when the embryo begins to divide to re-create all the tissue types in a developing fetus. "Based on our studies, we believe that development of a cloned embryo to the blastocyst stage is fairly normal," he says. "So cloning for [treatment] purposes is no problem...
...that the French are placing an ever greater value on family life. Research done by French sociologist Christine Castelain Meunier has shown that fathers in the 30 to 40-year-old age range are less likely to be remote, disciplinarian figures than their predecessors: "These men spoke to the fetus, were present at the birth; they refuse to accept the idea of their children growing up without them." Professor Chaumier has noted an increasing emphasis on home life. He says "People withdraw into their family as the last bastion capable of giving meaning to their lives because they...