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August 07, 2006
Reality Check
I'm not sure why anyone is surprised by this. Some people will do anything to regain their imaginary lost youth.
The attractive brunette has opted for a controversial stem- cell therapy where umbilical cord tissue from new-born babies will be injected into her body.
It may seem distasteful, but thousands of women have already done it and it is organised by a seemingly respectable British clinic then carried out in Rotterdam, Holland, where rules regarding stemcell therapies are not so strict.
Wasn't stem cell therapy supposed to be only used to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, make the lame walk, cure hoarseness? Ah, but Pandora's box isn't so easily closed. And no surprise, umbilical cords aren't the only source.
In Barbados, stem cells for 'beauty treatments' are harvested from "aborted foetuses". Worse, some countries have a more sinister source.
RUSSIA and the Ukraine currently top the world abortion league, with more of the operations carried out here than anywhere else on earth. Evidence gathered by the Moscow police department has shown a growing black market in aborted foetuses, which are smuggled into Russia from the Ukraine and Georgia.
Here, poverty-stricken young women are paid 200 U.S. dollars to carry babies up to the optimum eight to 12-week period - thought to be best for harvesting stem cells. They are then sold on to cosmetic clinics.
Here, have a nice harsh cup of reality.
Mmm, tasty.
Posted by Rita at August 7, 2006 05:49 PM