Comments on: My, even consciences can run with the hare and hunt with the hounds https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kenneth Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85152 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:54:28 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85152 In reply to John Schembri.

[John Schembri – IVF needs to be regulated and we should let the experts ,in a parliamentary committee (no attendance sheet for the press!)do the legislation].

I agree. I hope you agree that the experts, in this case, are definitely not MPs. So their “conscience” should play no part in the debate.

]]> By: Macduff https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85151 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:02:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85151 In reply to Min Weber.

Jien. Jien ma rridx li l-parlamentari jaghmlu xoghol iehor barra dak tal-parlament. Malta hi l-unika pajjiz fid-Dinja fejn l-ghola istituzzjoni f’demokrazija hi part-time… lanqas, ghax xoghol part-time trid tmur xorta. Parlament skond l-aptit. Parlament taparsi.

]]> By: Patrik https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85150 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:33:24 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85150 In reply to A Grech.

Last time she vanished Bin Laden was caught and shot. Who knows what shenanigans she is up to this time.

]]> By: Holland https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85149 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:34:45 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85149 A parliament with a very selective “conscience”, whatever that might mean:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110615/local/MP-misses-90-per-cent-of-sittings.370603

]]> By: Kenneth Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85148 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:44:13 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85148 Consciences on holiday: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110615/local/MP-misses-90-per-cent-of-sittings.370603

]]> By: A Grech https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85147 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:39:29 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85147 If anyone knows the whereabout of Daphne Caruana Galizia, please let her know that her bloggers missed her the last couple of days and ask her to come back.

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85146 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:56:09 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85146 “But the hospital is contacting around 100 couples that may have been affected by the apparent labeling mix-up at the Elmwood-based in-vitro fertilization center.

According to Ochsner officials, the problem occurred at the point in the IVF process when embryos that are to be stored for later use are placed in freezers filled with liquid nitrogen, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann. They are supposed to be bar coded, color coded, and labeled so nothing can go wrong.

“There are embryos that appear to be mislabeled or others cannot be accounted for,” said Chief Medical Officer Joseph Bisordi.”

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/25/national/main5340450.shtml#ixzz1PH4mEpFF

I read about some lab technician who used a pipette for fertilisation without sterilising it after use.
The white couple ended up with a black and white set of twins.
Does the black child have a right to know who his real father is?

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85145 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:32:44 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85145 Daphne , in you argument you are not differentiating between ethics and religion.
Is it ethically right to freeze an embryo? Is it right to inseminate a woman with five embryos? Is it right to inseminate six ‘mothers-to-be” all at one go and have all the incubators at Mater Dei occupied with triplets and twins? What if there’s a mistake during the fertilisation or insemination, who has the right for upbringing the child? If donors are going to be considered, should the woman have health guarantees? Will donors have paternal rights?Are we going to accept sarrogate mothers?Where’s the limit?
For a cesspit plumber expressing his valid views on Xarabank or Affari Taghna the answer for these questions would be a straight “Why not?”.
For learned people who know what they’re talking about, you won’t get a straight answer because they know that they are treading in a dangerous legal and ethical minefield.
IVF needs to be regulated and we should let the experts ,in a parliamentary committee (no attendance sheet for the press!)do the legislation.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

]]> By: silvio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85144 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:19:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85144 In reply to Macduff.

My, my, that’s a lot of work. He must be really tired. We pity him and offer our sympathy, but when does he do his parliamentary work?

]]> By: Fenech M https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/06/my-even-consciences-can-run-with-the-hare-and-hunt-with-the-hounds/#comment-85143 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:54:43 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=11861#comment-85143 In reply to H Micallef.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110614/local/pm-planned-early-election-had-opposition-s-honoraria-motion-been-approved.370581

Will this man please shut up.

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