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> "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
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>> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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>> > "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
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>> >> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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>> >> > "Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>> >> >> ...
>> >> >> > Pete C. wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>> It's not homophobic to say that something is weird,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Care to tell me what is "weird" about a couple wanting to have
>> >> >> >> children
>> >> >> >> and using medical technology to overcome fertility issues? It's
>> >> >> >> only
>> >> >> >> "weird" if you are biased against the couple for some reason
>> >> >> >> i.e.
>> >> >> >> you're
>> >> >> >> homophobic.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It's not weird to want children. It *is* weird to use medical
>> >> >> > technology
>> >> >> > to
>> >> >> > overcome fertility issues, regardless of whether the people
>> >> >> > involved
>> >> >> > are
>> >> >> > straight or ***. Your hyperreactivity shows a bias on your
>> >> >> > part --
>> >> >> > or
>> >> >> > maybe
>> >> >> > you just don't know what the word "weird" means. Here, let
>> >> >> > Merriam-Webster
>> >> >> > help you: "of strange or extraordinary character"
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Is it your stance that the practices of female couples using the
>> >> >> > same
>> >> >> > sperm
>> >> >> > donor and swapping embryos occur in a large portion of the
>> >> >> > population?
>> >> >> > Female couples don't even comprise a large portion of the
>> >> >> > population!
>> >> >> > Therefore, Cat Cora's situation is BY DEFINITION weird. It is in
>> >> >> > no
>> >> >> > way
>> >> >> > an
>> >> >> > adverse reflection on her sexual preferences; it's a simple and
>> >> >> > obvious
>> >> >> > commentary on her outlying status in the demographics.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Exactly. That in vitro process was done for no other reason than
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> swap
>> >> >> embryos since each woman had born a child through insemination.
>> >> >> The
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> vitro process cost each of them about 10 grand. A mighty pricey
>> >> >> way
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> make
>> >> >> a baby when it was simply not necessary. That shows me a very
>> >> >> conceited,
>> >> >> narcissistic and self absorbed person. Couples resort to IVF
>> >> >> because
>> >> >> they
>> >> >> can't impregnate any other way. Those two had a choice.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That is weird to me.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Paul
>> >> >
>> >> > Your ignorance is showing now. Perhaps you need to look at what IVF
>> >> > actually means.
>> >> >
>> >> > In IVF, eggs and sperm are harvested from the donors, and they are
>> >> > combined in the test tube and then monitored for proper
>> >> > fertilization
>> >> > and cell division. When they have progressed in cell division for a
>> >> > certain period, the embryo is then implanted in the woman who will
>> >> > carry
>> >> > the child, be it the egg donor or a surrogate.
>> >> >
>> >> > In very simple terms for your feeble mind, the "embryo swap"
>> >> > involved
>> >> > no
>> >> > more effort than selecting the test tube with the embryos from the
>> >> > other
>> >> > egg donor for implantation.
>> >>
>> >> One more time:
>> >>
>> >> IT WAS OPTIONAL. They have fully functioning reproductive systems as
>> >> proven
>> >> by their previous children not conceived by IVF. It was an optional
>> >> procedure done FOR THE PURPOSE of swapping embryos. It was also a
>> >> very
>> >> expensive procedure. It was obviously done for vanity as in "hey
>> >> let's
>> >> be
>> >> the coolest ******* couple and like swap our embryos, wouldn't that
>> >> like
>> >> ya
>> >> know be so cool?" If you can give me one explanation about how
>> >> *swapping*
>> >> embryos between female partners is a method of overcoming infertility,
>> >> I
>> >> will withdrawal my conclusion as to you IQ.
>> >>
>> >> I apparently know much more about not only IVF but the subject which
>> >> you
>> >> cannot seem to follow with a roadmap and a GPS.
>> >>
>> >> Paul
>> >
>> > You are still proving that you are a clueless homophobe and probable
>> > religious loon.
>>
>> Me, a religious loon? Yeah, OK. I guess my buddhist parents raised a
>> jesus
>> freak?
>>
>> Paul
>
> I didn't specify what flavor of religious loon, they come in many
> flavors.

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Paul