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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>"An Israeli wom<SPAN class=085253902-14022004>a</SPAN>n
has given birth to healthy twins from 12-year-old frozen <BR>embryos.<SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>...</SPAN><BR><BR>"The technique has its critics<SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>...</SPAN>Nuala Scarisbrick<SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>...</SPAN>commented that "the whole idea makes babies
seem like a commodity, something for when it is convenient, when a woman sees
a suitable window in her life, when she has saved up enough
money."</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=085253902-14022004>So
let us propose this alternative to Ms. Scarsibrick: Babies are
a</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>commodity for when it is inconvenient, for when a
woman has no</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=085253902-14022004>suitable window in her life and for when she has not
saved sufficient </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>money.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=085253902-14022004>Or
all three. That should fix everything, should it not, Ms.
Scarsibrick?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial> <SPAN class=085253902-14022004>" </SPAN>An<SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>d</SPAN> from a parenting perspective, wrote Sue
Arnold in the Independent, being an older mother is no fun.<SPAN
class=085253902-14022004>"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=085253902-14022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
by all means, do not do it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=085253902-14022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Oy
vey, people say the dumbest things.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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