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From: ishizaki@saturn.UUCP (Audrey Ishizaki)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: a *NEW* topic! Australian Embryos
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 11:35:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 11:35:27 1984
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Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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How many of you have heard about what's been happening in Australia
regarding embryos?  This is my understanding:

	A couple had given sperm and eggs to a lab to fertilize (for
    later implantation), which the lab did successfully (two embryos,
    I believe).  The couple were killed in a plane crash, leaving
    no instructions regarding the embryos.  What's to be done?
    (this is where my memory gets even fuzzier)  The lab decided
    to 'kill' the embryos, the courts ruled against them.  The
    embryos were subsequently 'adopted', for implantation into
    another surrogate mother.
	It was observed that implantations do not always take, so
    multiple embryos must be 'created' to assure successful implantation.
    What will the ruling be on these, perhaps, extra embryos (could
    be a LOT of extras)?
	It was also observed that the court ruling would not affect
    current abortion laws in Australia (of course, I don't know
    what those are, either, but it was implied to be legal).

Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, anyone want to comment on this?
Or correct misconceptions -- better yet, does anyone have the FACTS?

audrey ishizaki
HPLabs
Palo Alto, CA	...ucbvax!hplabs!ishizaki