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On the ballot this November: Obama, McCain and a definition of when life begins

In a nationwide first, Colorado voters will be asked to decide whether a fertilized human egg should be defined as a person.
Catherine Price

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  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:22 AM

    What about inheritance?

    If a rich couple stores away some fertilized eggs, and then they somehow die, the eggs would be the rightful heirs! So how would this work -- do you set up a trust fund and then impregnate some woman off the street to bring forth the trust fund babies?

    If fertilized eggs can be stored indefinitely, then that money could be tied up forever. After a couple hundred years at a good APR, the little test-tube-tykes would be ultra-wealthy!

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