Do you support Vivisection?

[WI_DEM]

[reichstag911]

1. Only on Repubs. nt

[astonamous]

2. It's outdated and proven not to prove anything. eom

[MercutioATC]

5. Completely untrue.

While there are certain procedures that are antiquated and whose results can be obtained without harming animals, there are many that are necessary (or, at least, significantly beneficial).

It depends of the individual procedure.

[Raine]

6. Plus much of animal experimentation is nothing more

than huge companies (especially the cosmetic industry) way of avoiding liability. x(

[liberal N proud]

3. Since I was uninformed or sheltered, I had to look it up

Vivisection is defined as the act or practice of performing experiments on living animals. The term is used to refer to several categories of scientific or medical procedures performed on animals including: drug or chemical testing, biomedical research, and raising and killing animals for parts (such are heart valves) or organs.

http://www.vivisectioninfo.org/

[Quakerfriend]

4. I am not in favor of vivisection. However, what they do with

humans whos wish is to be cremated OR have their organs donated to science is something that goes under the radar in this country.

Did you know that it is common practice for funeral directors to sell body parts- arms, knees, brains, eyeballs etc- before performing the cremation. And, likewise if you donate your body to science. They make BIG money selling body parts.

Read Body Brokers by Annie Cheney (no relation). Unbelievable! Makes vivisection seem almost trivial.

[Kailassa]

7. When I die my body is just compost anyway.

I really couldn't give a damn if someone finds a use for the dead remnants. I'd be glad if it was converted to blood & bone and used as fertilizer. None of that will cause me to suffer.

However vivesection is done on animals while they are alive, many suffer frightfully. And the human body is so different to the bodies of animals that much of the research is useless, and some has proved to be fatally misleading.