YIKES, has anyone seen this re: Patricia Heaton on stem cells/donor eggs??
October 30 2006 at 6:20 PM
Alison (no login)
Patricia Heaton speaks out against paid egg donation in a Missouri political ad... she says lower-income women will be "seduced by big checks" and that egg donation is "dangerous, complicated, and painful" - WTF??? So how have hundreds of thousands of women undergone IVF so readily? Same thing, dunce! (Oh that's right, she's against that, too...) I've always tried to ignore her but now I've had it. I just sent Albertsons a letter saying I'll never set foot in Albertsons/Savon again due to their association with such an ignorant, callous woman.
Re: YIKES, has anyone seen this re: Patricia Heaton on stem cells/donor eggs??
October 30 2006, 6:35 PM
How many egg retrivals has she gone through????? I honestly never found it to be very painful, not nearly as painful as breaking a toe. complicated?? seems to me anything that you are in and out of in a couple of hours can't be the hardest thing that they have done that day.
What do these people think that poor women are stupid? and all they see is $$$?? Talk about putting a group of women down.
As far as I know no one puts themeself through this just to give the eggs to stem cell research
Sure didn't stop her from advertising the plastic surgery she had several years ago, which she said was needed after having (I think) four children!!! Sure is easier to judge when you are standing on the other side of the fence!
I can't understand how a certain group in our country can be opposed to Stem Cell Research????? They argue that we shouldn't use embryos to further stem cell research. People - those embryos are being discarded with or without stem cell research. How come I don't hear this group complaining about all of the embryos that are being discarded every year?????? It's ok to dump the embryos but it's not ok to try and find treatments or cures for diseases?? I would much rather see these embryos put to good use (and used for research) then end up in the trash where they benefit no one.
I think if more people witnessed what people with terminal or life altering illnesses had to go through there would be much more support for this. Or, if Laura Bush was diagnosed with alzheimers or parkinson's, I'm sure George would rethink his position on this.
Speaking of "dangerous, complicated, and painful"...
October 30 2006, 10:12 PM
More people have died from complications of plastic surgery than have ever died from egg donation. The recovery time is longer and MUCH more painful (for days or weeks), and there's a much greater risk of injury. I guess the difference is that SHE wanted to do the plastic surgery (which makes it okay), whereas OTHER women want to do egg donation. A bit hypocritical, don't you think?
Hey Alison,
I sent an email they responded by saying she has the right to free speech, and I sent another back sating so do I and am using my purse as a mouth piece. They didn't reply.
I have asked all my family.friends to write to Albertsons/Savon/CVS and to boycott their stores ynril the relationship with her is ended.
Jane
Hey Belen, I'm crossing the rest of these off my shopping list too, including CVS. Thank goodness I have a Safeway down the street, LOL. Best,
Alison
Sale to Supervalu, CVS, Cerberus
On January 23, 2006, Supervalu, CVS/pharmacy, and an investment group led by Cerberus Capital Management announced they had agreed to acquire Albertsons for $17.4 billion in cash, stock and debt assumption.
As of June 2, 2006, the company's retail stores have been divided as follows:
Supervalu has acquired 1124 stores in the deal, including:
Acme (134 locations)
Acme Express, Jewel Express, and Albertsons Express (107 fuel centers)
Albertsons (564 locations in Southern California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming) - New Albertsons Inc.
Bristol Farms (11 locations)
Jewel and Jewel-Osco (198 locations)
Lazy Acres (1 location)
Max Foods (4 locations) (3 converted into Lucky, 1 closed in July 2006)
Osco Pharmacy and Sav-on Pharmacy (906 pharmacies)
Save-A-Lot (2 stores franchised by Shaw's)
Shaw's (188 locations)
Star Market (20 locations)
Super Saver Foods (1 location)
Distribution centers (11 centers)
CVS has acquired all (approximately 702) of the stand-alone Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs rebranding them all as CVS/pharmacy, though they are closing approximately 100 of the acquired stores.
The Cerberus-led group acquired:
Albertsons (655 locations in Arizona, Northern California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas) - Albertsons LLC
County Line Liquors (1 location)
Grocery Warehouse (1 location)
Jewel-Osco (2 locations)
Max Foods (2 locations)
Super Saver Foods (2 locations)
Right, she had HER 4 children. Likes to promote her SURGERY to repair herself physically after her children. Ahole, people die from plastic surgery everyday too, but she can promote that. SOmeone needs to slap her. This infuriates me, she is uneducated and never had a retrieval in her life. I have had 6 and not one hurt, at all. I have had more painful pimples and toothaches in my life. What an uneducated idiot.
people from Canada will be boycotting their stores, too....
October 31 2006, 12:55 AM
The dollar is good right now, so what a great time to impact their cross border shopping benefits... Dorks. Who in their right mind would align themselves with such an idiot?!!
I'll let FIL and MIL know as they work in the US, and we will not do business at any of these stores when there for medical treatment. There are plenty of other great businesses to choose from, aren't there?
It really peeves me to hear crap about what we go through from a very selfish fertile!!! She can go jump off a bridge.
Abby. I love your passion!....Please makes sure that when you
October 31 2006, 5:03 AM
let FIL and MIL know... that they need to ALL send emails and letters STATING that they will no longer go to their stores due to the association with Patricia H.
If we can bombard the corporation with letters, emails, phone calls...we WILL send a message...
But it has to be a LARGE concentration of letters, emails and phone calls.
I myself am planning to send both a letter (copying the as many key people whose names I can find) AND emails...
Re: YIKES, has anyone seen this re: Patricia Heaton on stem cells/donor eggs??
October 31 2006, 3:22 AM
God forbid one of her children grows up and experiences infertility and has to turn to IVF or Donor Eggs. Would she still be against it? It's always interesting that the people who use their free speech to speak out against something, never have any personal experiences with the issue they are against. If someone she loved was inflicted with a disease that stem cell research might help, would she then change her mind and be pro stem cell research? Of course she would. It's like the person who is against gun control until they are shot.
Write a letter the corporation or directly to Albertson's corporation or a member of their
October 31 2006, 5:06 AM
board.
Does anyone have the names and contact info for board members, the CEO et.
She an ignorant and destructive person---she doesn't appear to know what she is talking about...
...but she can preach the "glories" of plastic surgery all day long.
Corporate officers' names and addresses follow, for Supervalu & CVS (owners of Alb/Savon)
October 31 2006, 11:43 AM
This is courtesy of Hoovers web site... hope it's up to date . Please everyone, let them know you're not going to shop there, or it won't impact their behavior; you can send a quick email from their web sites via the "customer service" links, or write hard copy letters to the corporate officers. I have done the emails (got a canned response, they're obviously used to her pissing people off) and am also going to send letters to the folks below.
Best,
Alison
Supervalu:
Chairman & CEO, Jeffrey Noddle
President & COO, Michael L. Jackson
EVP, David L. Boehnen
11840 Valley View Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Map)
Phone: 952-828-4000
Fax: 952-828-8998 http://www.supervalu.com
CVS:
Chairman, President & CEO, Thomas M. Ryan
EVP, CFO & Chief Administrative Officer, David B. Rickard
EVP, Merchandising and Marketing, Chris W. Bodine
1 CVS Dr.
Woonsocket, RI 02895 (Map)
Phone: 401-765-1500
Fax: 401-766-2917
Toll Free: 888-607-4287 http://www.cvs.com
The woman is an absolute moron. Last time I watch Everybody loves Raymond. And, won't be shopping in any of those stores anymore. What a total ass she is. She has no idea what she is talking about. Makes me really sick.
. Best,
. Please everyone, let them know you're not going to shop there, or it won't impact their behavior; you can send a quick email from their web sites via the "customer service" links, or write hard copy letters to the corporate officers. I have done the emails (got a canned response, they're obviously used to her pissing people off) and am also going to send letters to the folks below.