Is the article available anywhere?
Anita Ghai
We cross our bridgeswhen we come to them and burn them behind us, with
nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and
a presumption that once our eyes watered
Tom Stoppard
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| From: Gregor Wolbring <[log in to unmask]>
| To: donam <[log in to unmask]>
| Cc: [log in to unmask]
| Subject: Re: Articles in London papers
| Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 7:35 PM
|
|
| 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
| >
|
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