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Bishop welcomes embryo concessions
Bishop of St Albans Christopher Herbert has welcomed government concessions to opponents of hybrid embryo research, but called for them to go further.
After a storm of criticism from Christian leaders including the bishop, Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised a free vote on three controversial parts of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill yesterday.
The Right Reverend Christopher Herbert said: "I welcome what the Prime Minister has done so far, but wish he had gone further and made the whole bill the subject of a free vote.
"We need conscience to be part of voting patterns in a democracy.
"Decisions on these issues need to be informed by ethical discussions that consider benefit and detriment.
"They should not just rely on pragmatism that assumes that what can be done should be done."
7:22pm Wednesday 26th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Roy Stockdill on 11:01pm Fri 28 Mar 08
If scientists can convince us that these experiments are necessary as part of the fight against such diseases as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, etc, then I can see no objection to them. Why should backward and medieval religious views be allowed to obstruct the advancement of humanity and science's attempts to cure diseases that kill millions of people?
If scientists can convince us that these experiments are necessary as part of the fight against such diseases as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, etc, then I can see no objection to them. Why should backward and medieval religious views be allowed to obstruct the advancement of humanity and science's attempts to cure diseases that kill millions of people?
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