Sunday, June 19, 2005

Unreal.

This has got to be one of the most disturbing things I've ever heard of.

Some select quotes from the article:

Aborted babies used in Russian anti-ageing fad

The foetal stem cell therapy is not only being used to smooth out wrinkles, but is also being injected into other parts of the body to get rid of cellulite and excess flab...

Investigations are currently being carried out into an illegal baby trade that sees impoverished women from Russia and the surrounding countries selling their aborted foetuses to unscrupulous specialists for as little as £100...

"Doctors tell the women or girls that there is a problem with their pregnancy and that the baby has to be aborted, or else they are offered more money," said Shorobogatko...

Russia's oligarchs are continuing to develop the stem cell treatment that will give them eternal youth...


Just, um...wow. That's seriously messed up. To tell a woman that there's something wrong with her baby so you can buy it and sell it at fifty times the price??? Wow. Errr, I don't even really know what to say. There's so much wrong with that that I can't even begin to figure it out. Whose planet have I stumbled upon, and when can I go home?



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow... that sounds like some terrible sci-fi novel. :o(

Anonymous said...

Wow... that sounds like some terrible sci-fi novel. :o(

k.d. said...

YIKE!