{"id":12564,"date":"2012-03-05T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12564"},"modified":"2012-03-05T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:07:59","slug":"defunding-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=12564","title":{"rendered":"Defunding Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his 2013 budget, President Obama has defunded the Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign. Yesterday the Washington Times<\/a>\u00a0reported that the Department of Health and Human Services has requested that the Embryo Adoption program will be discontinued in FY2013.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that daily we talk to people about \u2026 embryo donation and adoption, and we hear the response, \u2018Really? I didn\u2019t know that was even possible,\u2019\u201d said Ron Stoddart<\/a>, executive director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions, which in 1997 pioneered the process of infertile couples \u201cadopting\u201d the extra embryos that another couple\u2019s in-vitro fertilization process inevitably produces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hannah Strege<\/a>, the first of these frozen, unique \u201csnowflake\u201d babies, was born in December 1998. Researchers think as many as 50,000 of the 600,000 cryogenically preserved embryos in the U.S. eventually could become available for adoption.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fate of the embryo-adoption awareness program is not known. As with all White House<\/a> budget requests, congressional appropriations committees will decide whether they become law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

The HHS report said the reason to end the $1.9 million embryo-adoption awareness program is \u201climited interest.\u201d Only a \u201cvery small pool of applicants, many of whom are repeat recipients,\u201d are seeking the grants, it said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mailee Smith, staff counsel at Americans United for Life, said such a decision is more evidence of \u201cthe pro-abortion slant of this administration.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy would the Obama administration<\/a> cut $2 million for adoption awareness, but keep $1 million a day for Planned Parenthood?\u201d she asked.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, having hundreds of thousands of frozen human embryos in storage \u201cis a devastating situation\u201d for many people, Ms. Smith said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is purposeful funding (defunding actually). The frozen embryos have so far produced more than 100 snowflake babies. This is a way for couples who cannot have children to become parents. It is a wonderful program that declares the sanctity of all life and needs to be continued.<\/p>\n

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