Snowflake Children is a term used by organizations that promote the adoption of the remaining frozen embryos from in-vitro fertilization to describe the children that occur, where the parents of children are not the original cell donors. The embryo is transferred to an infertile couple through an adoption embryo, although the legal process of taking embryonic ownership differs from traditional adoption. According to a CBS News article dated July 28, 2005, the term "Snowflake" was created by the first agency to provide transfer service Nightlight Christian Adoptions. 451 children have been born from this program.
Members of the Christian Adoption at Night, Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign, and others now also use the term for the frozen embryo itself.
While the term "baby Snowflake" has been used to describe babies being born this way, the first snowchilds are no longer babies. According to CBS News, the first baby snowflake was born in 1998.
Former US President George W. Bush has made a public appearance along with the snowchildren while talking about his support for adult stem cell research and his opposition to the destruction of human embryos for the purpose of embryonic stem cell research. In his book Decision Points, Bush allows certain social factions to request and receive Federal funding for genomics, the artificial creation of human life. He wrote,
In the Science magazine, bioethician Dr. Louis Guenin argues, "If we deviate [embryonic stem cell research], not a single baby [snowflake] is likely to be born. If we do research, we can alleviate. The message is not wrong: In every frozen embryo is the beginning [of a child]... One of the most active groups supporting embryonic stem cell research is the Association of Adolescent Diabetes Research. In July 2001, I invited representatives of organizations to the Oval Office.... On the same day, I also met representatives of the National Right to Life. They oppose any research that destroys the embryo. They show that each small stem cell group has the potential to grow into a person. naturally compared to the early embryos of in-vitro fertilization. In fact, we all have started our lives in this early country [but not artificially, unlike snowflake babies]. As evidence, they point to the new program run by Nightlight Christian. Adop tions.
The agency obtained permission from IVF participants [in vitro fertilization] to place unused frozen embryos for adoption. Loving mothers have planted embryos in them and carried babies - known as snowflakes - for the term. The message is not wrong: In every frozen embryo is the beginning of an adopted child, produced artificially. When Karl Zinsmesiter, my domestic policy advisor, suggested inviting a bunch of snowflakes to the White House, I thought the idea was perfect. Each comes from a frozen embryo that, instead of being destroyed for research, is instilled in the foster mother. (pp. 111-123)
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Criticism of the term
Members of the Night Christian Adoption, Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign, and Embryos Alive Adoption Agency use the term "snowflake baby" as a synonym for each embryo that has been frozen. However, the use of the term and the related term "embryo adoption", is sometimes controversial in some quarters.
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References
External links
- Nightlight Snowflakes Christian Adoption Program
- Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign
- Embryo Adoption Agency
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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