Thanks Buffalo.
I have some info on the bill although a differant aspect of it. Sorry if it's off topic. It's alarming anyway.
Quote:
An attempt to ban the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos failed
last
night when the House of Lords rejected Lord Alton's amendment to the
British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill by
268
votes to 96. The bill allows research on hybrid embryos for 14 days
after
their creation. The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of
Winchester spoke in favour of the amendment, as did Lord Tebbit. [BBC,
15
January] The group Christians Concerned for Our Nation held a
demonstration outside parliament during the debate. In his blog, SPUC's
John Smeaton today writes: "It's now all the more important that
pro-lifers contact Peers to urge them to vote against the Bill at third
reading which could be as early as the 28th of this month." [SPUC
Director
blog, 16 January]
Also during the HFE Bill debate, a government spokesperson said it
might
reconsider a proposal to allow fertility clinics to produce babies with
no
biological fathers, using cells other than eggs and sperm. This
proposal
was rejected by the House of Lords last year, following objections from
fathers' groups and religious leaders according to the Telegraph.
Baroness
Royall suggested that the plan could be reintroduced in the Human and
Fertilisation and Embryology Bill when it goes to the House of Commons
later in the year. [Telegraph, 16 January]
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