Monday, September 15, 2008

Frozen in time

I just had dinner with a snowflake. Her name is Hannah, she's a perky nine year old blonde little girl with a huge smile and a courageous spirit. Hannah is the world's first adopted "snowflake" baby. This means, her mom adopted her as a frozen embryo along with 18 of her frozen embryo brothers and sisters. Sadly, her siblings didn't survive the process but Hannah did, and she was on my TV talk show to tell the world how glad she is to be here. She proudly wore a t-shirt that says "A person's a person no matter how small." She sure has a right to wear that shirt! I'm so grateful I got the chance to meet this beautiful little girl and her mom and only wish others could have been there to experience their love and hope for all the other frozen embryos who need to be adopted and loved by someone. It saddens me to read that the American Diabetes Association thinks these precious souls are no more than spare body parts to be experimented on. Adult stem cells have offered over 70 cures of horrible diseases and don't require any human life to be taken. If embryonic stem cells offered such great promise, then why aren't private investors flocking to them, since it's always been legal to experiment on them? Nope, it's been a failed, morally bankrupt path and now they want the taxpayers to pick up the tab for more. No way. Please pray for Hannah as she bravely tells her story to the press, and please pray for all the frozen children waiting to be held in the loving arms of people who will love and care for them.