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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.abortion
Subject: Re: Disposition of Aborted Fetuses
Message-ID: <891@mhuxt.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-May-85 13:07:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 13:07:19 1985
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> 	Collagen is the gelatinous substance found in connective
> tissue, bone and cartilage.  Nick Thimmesch's syndicated
> column, "Our Grisly Human Fetal Industry," documents
> that amniotic fluid and collagen can come from fetal
> material, since the Food and Drug Administration does
> not require pretesting or the identification of cosmetic
> ingredients.
> 	A glance through a local drug store revealed that the
> leading 12 shampoos and five hand creams all contained
> collagen.
> 	Check your beauty products and you may be shocked!
> Unless your beauty product specifies animal collagen or
> bovine collagen, the product probably contains human
> collagen.  The drug company should be challenged at once.
> Even collagen taken from human placenta raises questions
> about respect of life and ownership of the placenta.
 ...
> 	Babies' bodies are sold by the bag, $25 a batch or up to
> $5,500 a pound.

     Uh, excuse me, but *why* would a comsmetics manufacturer pay
$5+K/lb  for aborted fetuses when they could extract collagen just
as easily from animal carcasses which can be had for $0.50/lb?  I
find it hard to believe that a business would do something so
expensive (and potentially disastrous PR-wise) for no apparent
reason.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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