A licence to kill

It was reported recently that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) granted British scientists a 'first-time' licence to perform therapeutic research using stem cells obtained from cloned human embryos. Ironically, the research will...

It was reported recently that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) granted British scientists a 'first-time' licence to perform therapeutic research using stem cells obtained from cloned human embryos.

Ironically, the research will be conducted at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle, which is precisely where the cloned human embryos are destined to be killed to harvest their stem cells.

Cloned human embryos are as human as naturally conceived ones. Both share the same human nature. Since when has the killing of a human being for the benefit of others become ethical practice? Haven't we learned anything from the gruesome experiments conducted by the Nazi scientists in Germany during World War II?

Shame on the HFEA for granting such a licence when the same results could be obtained using stem cells taken from adults without sacrificing innocent nascent human life. A licence to clone human embryos with the intention of harvesting their stem cells, even for sound therapeutic indications, is tantamount to a licence to kill.

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