What is This?
Posted by Ken | Filed under intro
Extended Cryo-preservation and Embryo Transfer is a fictional procedure described in the sidebar navigational links. By means of deflection, it is a thought exercise on the arguments over abortion. We make no attempt to take sides in the debate, we simply want to encourage deeper thought on the subject matter. Specifically, if you are pro-life would you support utilization of the extended cryo-preservation procedure? If you are pro-choice, would you reject the notion of utilizing extended cryo-preservation as an alternative to current abortions? Current popular arguments will not provide sufficient reasoning to answer these questions. That is the goal of this work, to allow individuals to think more deeply about a very important issue. Additional questions, and further dialogue has been added.
Where do I start?
The project was designed to be read in a non-linear fashion. You can either read the primary articles in the right navigation, or the two blogs that follow below. Ideally all of the material is read. Each blog has its own professional writer taking a separate perspective of common events taking a deeply personal, unique, and ultimately converging experience with extended cryopreservation and embryo transfer. An extremely important part of the creative process was that neither writer had any knowledge of ultimately what would transpire in the story. In fact, neither writer knew anything that was to transpire in the future. They were only given the next 'event' that happened in the character's life and asked to write a blog about that incident. The writers were given liberty finding the right voice and tone for the character. Also, the writers did not know that a companion blog was being written by another professional. The two writers did not meet until the characters they have portrayed in their work meet. This was done to ensure the realism of the blogs and the fulfillment of completely separate, unique visions.
Jo In The City
'Jo In The City' is written by Mimi Jeffries. It is a blog of a young, ambitious woman living in New York City. The reader follows her trials and triumphs in love and work, as then more as she is contacted as a bone marrow match for a cancer patient.
Christina's Story
Christina's Story, written by Barbra Magalnick, compiles the therpeautic blog of Julia, whose 8-year-old daugher, Christina, is suffering from pediatric leukemia. Julia is fraught with despair and hope as she tries to raise her child, keep her family together, and do everything she can to ensure the well-being for her one and only child.