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...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...
...independently, and many others lack a partner with whom to build an ideal family environment. It seems that in these cases, the ethical choice is not, in fact, to force these women to have babies for which they are both emotionally and fiscally unprepared, but instead to abort the fetus so that they can ensure both their own preservation and the viability of future children...