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To: TimF who wrote (14910)	11/20/2006 6:05:54 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) of 71588

Typically, in vitro fertilization does consist of creating a number of embryos and then letting them grow for a period of time (I think 3-5 days) until they reach a 6-8 cell stage. They are then 'graded', and the most promising are implanted. Some countries (like UK) limit the number that can be implanted at any one time to 2, to avoid multiple pregnancies, but in the US there is no such limit. I think it's limited to what the doctor thinks will work, given the number of viable embryos. The patient must have some say in it, but I'm not sure. So, some embryos are typically rejected, and some never continue on. Sorry, I didn't mean to complicate the question with using the word 'murder'. I guess its down to this: is it morally equivalent to a first term abortion? My point is, if someone believes that abortion is murder, and that embryonic stem cell research is also murdering an unborn baby, then shouldn't in vitro fertilization and exceptions to abortion for rape be the same thing? Simply seems inconsistent to me.

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