My sister donated her umbilical cord as well. It's easy, so long as you're working with doctors who understand the process. Her doctor had an emergency the day my sister delivered and she got a doctor who was unfamiliar with her intent. Took a little bit to straighten out but it was finally done.

Ohh..I can see where that might complicate things. I had to sign papers in advance.

Yes, it's easy. Funny for me - the doc from the other hospital shows up with a cooler. He and my doc talk sports while they're doing everything - like I wasn't even there.

I kept the certificate showing that I did it for my child.

My sister did it as I have leukemia and, at the time, was considering a stem cell transplant. While that wouldn't have helped me, she figured she might as well use it to help someone else.

You have quite a special sister.

she sure is

Yeah, she is, when she's not being a pain in the behind

she's always on your mind so she must be doing something right

...well then okay...

"Puts the Abortionists back to work."


Typical pro-lifer spin titling this news with that caption..

You want to spin this issue that way?

I invite you to sign a pledge now to never avail yourself of any medical treatments, cures or other technology that may arise out of stem cell research!!

Oh, and pray tell, please...Bush allowed research and federal funding on stem cell lines before a date he arbitrarily selected. So, wasn't he every bit as guilty as you see Obama as being?

Are you aware that the republican congress approved federal dollars for stem cell research and Bush nixed it?

Are you aware that leading republicans along with the likes of Nancy Reagan support it?

I was waiting for this post...I knew it would happen. I am only surprised it didn't happen sooner.

Like I said...please...put your morals where your mouth is! Sign a pledge to never use any treatments, cures, drugs or other therapies that arise out of this research.

You're kidding, right? I would love to do that!

But, you'd still tax the sh!t out of me to pay for your fncking programs, right?

Stem cell research.

I work for a university hospital. nonprofit organization sitting on a very very large surplus of cash.


Im sure we do stem cell research. privately funded and all....



lets give more federal grants for research.......
I dont want to hear about how much insurance is gonna cost in a few more years either

cute, but didn't you really mean the religious conservatives? Sorry but you asked for that one...

People suffer daily and yet we throw away something that could be used to help? Some days I think animals are smarter than we are.

oo come on....abortion....will be done no matter what.

it is legal.

although it is horrible.

this is not going to increase abortionist JOBS...

it will go directly to scientists...so we can experiment..

We have equal rights in America. That means that you fully support the Conservative couples having abortions too.

Dangit, that was a better come back than mine.. shoot!!

Only naive, foolish people would think so, IMO.

Well, it's true, isn't it? lol

What Obama has done is okay research on the most usable and effective stem cells.

Those of Aborted fetuses and unused fertilized eggs from fertility clinics.
Ones like the Octuplets mom wouldn't give up and had them all implanted instead.

No other stem cells are as adaptable to every other cell in the human body.


Bush refused to use those kinds of stem cells.