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To: TimF who wrote (6442)	2/24/2001 8:10:55 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

I imagine many pregnant women who don't want to be pregnant and would want abortions now would not want to have the baby continuing to live. If women didn't have to carry a fetus to term and be expected by society to raise it, it might be feasible to get a consensus on outlawing abortion, IMO. As for paying for maintaining the fetus, the pro-choice crowd would likely be able to fund that through charities. Plus, as you say, there could be early adoption where the adoptive parents would pick up the tab. Hard to tell how this might play out, but it's a possibility that it could work for you. Karen

To: TimF who wrote (6442)	2/25/2001 12:43:42 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

Tim, I thought you might find this article interesting. February 25, 2001 Clinics Full of Frozen Embryos Offer a New Route to Adoption By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — On the afternoon of Feb. 14, an express courier truck arrived at an Atlanta fertility clinic to make an unusual pickup. Waiting for the driver, frozen inside a thermos of liquid nitrogen, was the promise of human life: 12 fertilized embryos, the genetic offspring of Susanne and Bob Gray. For the Grays, now parents of four, the shipment represented an escape from a moral quandary. Their embryos, left over from fertility treatment that resulted in the birth of twins, had sat in cold storage for years while the Grays, Christians who describe themselves as deeply religious, agonized over what to do with them. Their solution: to put the embryos up for adoption. <snip> nytimes.com