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a girl is in a coma, and has been for 14 months. she is on life support and cannot function without a machine. a man has parkinson's disease and is projected to die within a year. the girl is an organ donor... so the man decides to scientifically implant his sperm into her uterus in hopes of creating a fetus that could give him the embrionic tissue he needs for stem cell research, because the fetus has both her AND his DNA, the stem cells would be a perfect match, and possibly prolong his life once replacing the deteriorated cells in his brain. since his bodily functions rely on the dopemine hormone that is no longer being created due to his dead cells, the stem cell transplant would be his only hope. the catch - the fetus would be aborted at 6 weeks, because fetal stem cells are more easy to mold than those of born babies. since she is indeed an organ donor, and would give her body to science, whats the deal here? the man knows he might be violating the woman's rights, but she cant agree\protest, and all the lawyers have to go by is her organ donor form, which indeed states she is willing to donate her body to research to help millions of other human beings.
this was the episode of law and order SVU i watched tonight - it was intense. the above was the case discussed during the trial at the end. the courts found the old man not guilty, but said he could not proceed to use aborted cells as research to help himself. so instead, he decides to go to court for custody of the baby, since it is indeed his sperm. and what do ya know- umbilical cords are chock full of the stem cells the man needed to replace his own. granted, if it didnt work, he would die. but lets say it did work - the man would have would have found a whole new "cure" of sorts for parkinsons disease, saving millions of peoples lives.
i think that within the episode, the writers kind of took a stab at politics. at first it seemed as if stem cell research could not be done (IE bush's ban on research) but in the end, they found a way... dodging the law that bush thought could impose his conservative morals upon modern day science. HA. even popular tv shows find ways to make awesome inuendos to politics and rediculous laws that attempt to prohibit research for saving lives. amen.
hmmmm politics.
this was the episode of law and order SVU i watched tonight - it was intense. the above was the case discussed during the trial at the end. the courts found the old man not guilty, but said he could not proceed to use aborted cells as research to help himself. so instead, he decides to go to court for custody of the baby, since it is indeed his sperm. and what do ya know- umbilical cords are chock full of the stem cells the man needed to replace his own. granted, if it didnt work, he would die. but lets say it did work - the man would have would have found a whole new "cure" of sorts for parkinsons disease, saving millions of peoples lives.
i think that within the episode, the writers kind of took a stab at politics. at first it seemed as if stem cell research could not be done (IE bush's ban on research) but in the end, they found a way... dodging the law that bush thought could impose his conservative morals upon modern day science. HA. even popular tv shows find ways to make awesome inuendos to politics and rediculous laws that attempt to prohibit research for saving lives. amen.
hmmmm politics.