Hi everybody,
is the article with the quotes from Edwards available fully somewhere?
Thanks
Cheers
Gregor
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, donam wrote:
>
> Notes from a sinful mother...
>
> I have only 3 things to say about this recent media campaign:
>
> First, I think Tanis is right on about the motive being politically
> and economically derived. And, I would add, there is a mytho-
> religious aspect, as well.
>
> >>Edwards, speaking at an ***international fertility conference***,
> said that he welcomed the dawn of an age in which every child would
> be wanted and genetically acceptable. . . We are entering a
> world where we have to consider the quality of our children."<<
>
> Secondly, there is something symbolic about using a mouthwash to
> detect 'defective' genes in the mother...
>
> >>The NHS is also considering a national screening programme for
> cystic fibrosis, with pregnant women offered a mouthwash for genetic
> diagnosis of cells from the inside of the cheek to find whether they
> are carriers of the CF gene.<<
>
>
> And third, check out the upcoming Fall issue of DSQ for two eloquent
> poems by Johnson Cheu, who 'absolves' his 'guilty' parents from 'sin'
> --and who writes so sensitively that every parent and (adult) child
> will rethink this whole bloody issue.
>
> Finally (okay, four things to say), I am aghast to see this mentality
> in print; and I only hope I can articulate a worthy response... after
> my fury subsides. I hope there is a campaign by UK parents to DRAIN
> Mr. Edwards' gene 'pool' of its swampy, Third Reich debris.
>
> Sheesh!
>
>
> Dona M. Avery
> Arizona State University
> Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
> www.public.asu.edu/~donam
>
Dr. Gregor Wolbring
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