UK Bill Allows Human Animal Hybrid Embryos
(sz) British Government U-Turns after Scientists’ Demands
After months of agitation by scientists, the British government is backing away from a promise to ban the creation of human/animal hybrid embryos for stem cell and other research. In February this year, LifeSiteNews.com reported that the British government had dropped all opposition in principle to allowing the creation of human/animal embryos for use in stem cell and other research.
Now the Blair government has tabled a draft bill that would allow the creation of mostly-human embryos that have been “physically mixed” with one or more animal cells. The 247-page document is an omnibus bill that revamps the existing law, adding provisions that would allow a number of activities previously considered unacceptable.
The government backed away from a ban after a group of 45 scientists, ethicists and politicians published an open letter in January saying that a ban would hold back the advancement of British science. Further, the legislation is what pro-life activists have sometimes called a “clone-and-kill bill” inasmuch as it prohibits the implantation of embryos in a surrogate and requires that they be killed after 14 days in vitro. more…
From: »LifeSite.net« (UK)