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  • slacktivist » The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal
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    In 1979, McDonald’s introduced the Happy Meal. Sometime after that, it was decided that the Bible teaches that human life begins at conception.
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  • Unorthodox - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com
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    "This has three odd consequences. The first is that, by the end of sex, the two individuals have become genetically identical. It’s as if you and your mate began coitus as yourselves and finished as identical twins. The second odd consequence is that, partway through its life, a ciliate can radically alter its genetic make-up; genetically speaking, the transformation is so extreme that it’s as if you changed into one of your children. Talk about being reborn."
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  • The prospect of all-female conception - Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology
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    "Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue."
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  • The True Face of Abortion Opponents | Needlenose
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    "So thanks Dr. Science, for driving a nice little wedge between these people and their nasty little judgemental causes and ripping away their thinly-veiled morality facade (oops, did I say veiled?) I don't like abortions either. Nobody does. I wish they c
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  • Backup Brain - Right-wingers want to steal your (potential) babies
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    "They think that the state has the perfect right to take your embryos away from you and implant them in another mother. And they think that they have the right and obligation to do this, even over your objections."
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  • Pope backs boycott of Italy's referendum on assisted fertility
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    "The Roman Catholic Church opposes such procedures because embryos often are destroyed in the process." At least they're consistent, I guess.
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