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Dr. Rowan Williams opines on the Human Fertilisation And Embryology Bill "We condemn torture, rape - anything that uses another's body for our own purpose - Shouldn't we show embryos similar respect?"
Daily Mail

We have created human-animal embryos already, say British team "A team at Newcastle University announced yesterday that it had successfully generated “admixed embryos” by adding human DNA to empty cow eggs in the first experiment of its kind in Britain."
Times Online

India Nurtures Business of Surrogate Motherhood "Surrogacy is an area fraught with ethical and legal uncertainties. Critics argue that the ease with which relatively rich foreigners are able to “rent” the wombs of poor Indians creates the potential for exploitation. Although the government is actively promoting India as a medical tourism destination, what some see as an exchange of money for babies has made many here uncomfortable."
NY Times

Q&A: Hybrid embryos "Researchers say the work is needed to advance the understanding of complex diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Motor Neurone Disease. But critics say it involves the needless destruction of human life, and is fraught with moral difficulties."
BBC

Political Split Between Evangelicals and Their Spokesmen
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After Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Work Begins
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Human Therapeutic Cloning at a Standstill
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Anti-Aging Drugs Could Change the Nature of Death
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Is John McCain reconsidering his Stem Cell position?

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The moral issues at stake are far from simple, to be sure, but Senator McCain’s rationalization of embryo-destructive research is nonetheless simply wrong... In November 2007, two teams of researchers ... successfully transformed normal human skin cells into what appears to be the functional equivalent of embryonic stem cells, without the need for embryos... Asked by a voter in late January if the new advances might cause him to reconsider his stand on President Bush’s stem cell funding policy, Senator McCain replied, 'I have not changed my position yet.' It is time he did."

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