Frozen Embryos, Research & Warning Signs

All the ridiculous media fuss over the "OctaMom" (why must we find a single person upon whom to heap our national scorn?) nevertheless brought an opportunity to think about the thousands of frozen embryos kept across America that will never, ever live natural lives as the Creator intended. Some of these human lives, kept in stasis just a few days from their origin, run the ever-present risk of becoming fodder in science.

One of the questions I've had is how many frozen embryos are there? Earlier today I saw a startling headline: "The U.S. Has More Embryos Than Living People." Could this be true? The article itself provided no facts to back it up, so I did some more searching and came across this at the website for the Rand Institute .

• Nearly 400,000 embryos (fertilized eggs that have developed for six or fewer days) have been frozen and stored since the late 1970s.
• Patients have designated only 2.8 percent (about 11,000 embryos) for research. The vast majority of frozen embryos are designated for future attempts at pregnancy.
• From those embryos designated for research, perhaps as many as 275 stem cell lines (cell cultures suitable for further development) could be created. The actual number is likely to be much lower.

The web page is dated 2003, so even allowing for reasonable growth there are probably a lot fewer than one million frozen embryos. That's a lot better than 300 million but still a sad commentary. Most of the embryos are designated for "family" use but will never be used.

This may explain why some scientists are chomping at the bit for President Obama's executive order promised next week to unleash federal funds for embryonic stem cell research (and loosen restrictions on the available stem cell lines). They are going to find ways to "use" some of these frozen embryos.

If human life begins at conception, then what is happening is horrific, even before Mr. Obama's magic pen makes the situation worse.

And for those of us acquainted with the 1990 Prophecy, the push for embryonic stem cell research (putting science back in her rightful place, I suppose) accelerates a coming chastisement against America. We are failing the test allowed us by the Eternal:

How mankind responds to this new evil will determine the extent, length, and severity of the first chastisements. These chastisements will differ according to regions, and like the great evil, will not always or usually be immediately noticeable for what they are. In the period also will be a warning that involves not fire from the sky but fear of fire from the sky, and strange loud rumblings. This, according to mankind's response, will then be followed by another chastisement, or the inevitable onset of the change of era. Your era is ending. Soon the world will not be the world you know. I am not speaking of a barren world, or one depopulated, but of the end of your technological era. Many inventions of mankind will be broken down and there will be more of a peasant attitude and way of life everywhere. After this breakdown of false society will come persecution of Christians and also a new world order.

Naturally you are free to discern on your own. Believe or disbelieve as you see fit. It is, after all, your free will at play.

But as for me and my house ...