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As they stand,\u00a0the\u00a0proposed amendments to the IVF law\u00a0are\u00a0very\u00a0dangerous\u00a0because\u00a0they give the impression that, instead of\u00a0a human being, with\u00a0the\u00a0dignity\u00a0accorded to a human being who has to be safeguarded from conception, the embryo can be treated like an object.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n They are also introducing the concept that, as from\u00a0now,\u00a0we can\u00a0choose to\u00a0freeze life.\u00a0\u00a0As the law stands at the moment freezing is only permitted in exceptional cases, when it is the only way to save an embryo. Thus, the law is not simply going to be extended, as was announced, but will be completely changed. We will now be asking clients and patients whether they want to choose to freeze life. With the choice to freeze, we are introducing other things. We are going to create a number of embryos that are going to be abandoned, others will be donated to research and others will be thawed and thrown away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Miriam Sciberras,\u00a0the\u00a0Chairperson\u00a0of the\u00a0Life Network Foundation,\u00a0says\u00a0that\u00a0claiming that any extra embryos we may have will be exported is laughable. \u201cUnbelievable\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is also the issue\u00a0of discrimination among the embryos.\u00a0We are so proud that our country is at the top of the league when it comes to equality! But some are more equal than others. \u201cWe will now be choosing two out of three embryos to implant in the mother\u2019s womb and one to stay in the freezer \u2013 we are deciding who, of the siblings, will be born and who stays in the freezer with the risk of losing their lives\u201d, said\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Sciberras. We are, thus, introducing the concept of choice. And how are we going to choose? Which embryos are going to be implanted in the mother\u2019s womb?\u00a0The proposed amendments will lead to a law that will result in the death of children at the embryonic stage. \u201cFrom this aspect, yes, we can say that we are going to have abortive death\u201d, said\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Sciberras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The amendments are also proposing that a single person can choose to become a parent.\u00a0Gone are the rights of the child to have both a mother and a father! \u201cWe need to ask how we are going to make a distinction between social cases and single mothers by choice when we know how many cases we have of fathers unknown\u201d, said Doctor\u00a0Sciberras, adding \u201cnow we are going to be promoting the principle of unknown father by choice\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These are things that are going to break our children.\u00a0 With these amendments the rights of children will no longer be safeguarded. While it believes that couples should be supported in every way, the Life Network Foundation claims that these amendments are not fair on children. While we do hear the pleas of people who cannot have children, we are closing our ears to the pleas of these children as adults. \u201cThis is not social justice; the amendments to the law will create serious problems for society which have to be borne by our children.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is also another concept. We can have children who are\u00a0already\u00a0orphans\u00a0when they are born.\u00a0These amendments will make it possible to still use a donated egg or sperm of a person who has passed away once this person has signed an agreement that they can be used. This means that it is possible that there will be cases where children are born after their parents have already died.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the manifestation that was organised in Valletta on Sunday there were persons who had been adopted. Although they are loved, they still\u00a0wish\u00a0to\u00a0find out who their biological parents are. They will do anything to find them. Why? Because everyone wants to know where they came from. Human beings inherently want to know where they came from.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With these amendments, which the Government is calling progressive, children are going to be harmed. 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