Porn not the only industry commodifying women
By Chelsea Zimmerman
We're all well aware of the fact that the "adult entertainment" industry rakes in major profits by exploiting women and their bodies, but they aren't the only ones. Recently, Rebecca Taylor explained how the cloning/embryonic stem cell research industry is dependent on women putting their bodies on the line in order to obtain the "raw materials" needed for their experimentation. The same thing can be said of the rich and politically powerful fertility industry. In fact, the Center for Bioethics and Culture recently filmed a documentary all about how this industry exploits women, treating them as banks of harvestable biological material and often not fully disclosing the risks involved with the process. [ Click here to read more. ]
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Swedish officials baffled that abortion rate rises despite access to morning-after pill
LifeSiteNews
Swedish government officials are baffled at statistics that show the abortion rate has actually increased since the introduction of the abortifacient morning after pill. The frustration of public health officials over the failure of contraception to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies and abortion is well documented in all countries where abortion has been legalised. However, many pro-life advocates have long pointed the connection between increased availability of artificial contraception and increases of sexual activity, and then abortion, particularly among young people.
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The British Embryo Authority and the Chamber of Eugenics
Huffington Post
Scene: A laboratory setting. A scientist begins constructing a new individual by combining parts from two different humans. A new part from one or two additional people is then added. At some point, an electric shock is administered. The scientist observes the composite for a few moments, looking for signs that it is on its way to becoming an autonomous being. It stirs. It's alive. If this sounds unsettlingly familiar, it should, but not because it is a replay of Frankenstein. The procedures described, currently under evaluation by the British Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority (HFEA) for the prevention of "mitochondrial diseases," would carry profoundly negative implications for the future of the human species were they ever implemented, and thus warrant much wider concern than they have attracted up until now. In particular, they will facilitate a new form of eugenics, the improvement of humans by deliberately choosing their inherited traits.
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How cells from an aborted fetus are used to create novel flavor enhancers
Mercola.com
For several years anti-abortion advocates have been warning that a new technology for enhancing flavors such as sweetness and saltiness uses aborted fetal cells in the process. The biotech company using this novel process, Senomyx, has signed contracts with Pepsi, Ajinomoto Co. (the maker of aspartame and meat glue), Nestlé and other food and beverage companies over the past several years. The primary goal for many of these processed food companies is to make foods and beverages tasty while reducing sugar and salt content. While Senomyx refuses to disclose the details of the process, its patent applications indicate that part of the secret indeed involves the use of human kidney cells, known as HEK293, originating from an aborted baby. It's worth noting that no kidney cells, or part thereof, are actually IN the finished product. Rather they're part of the process used to discern new flavors, which will be discussed below. That said, to many, this is still "over the line." Two years ago, anti-abortion groups launched boycott campaigns against Pepsi Co., urging them to reconsider using flavorings derived from a process involving the use of aborted embryonic kidney cells [which was successful, although Pepsi still maintains a contract with Senomyx]. Whatever your personal convictions might be on the issue of using biological material from an aborted fetus, the issue of whether or not biotech-constructed flavor enhancers are safe or not remains.
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