Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex

The Catholic bishops of England and Wales publicly respond to the draft of a Government legislation to be debated by Parliament later this year where scientists will be given permission for the first time to create such (human-animal cybrid) embryos for research, as long as they destroy them within two weeks. The Human Tissue and Embryo Bill includes sections on test tube babies, embryo research and abortion. The Bishops oppose the creation of animal-human embryos, but also want to limit the destruction of such life once it had been brought into existence. If such creations of animal-human embryos (which would be more than 99 percent human) came into being, they argued that these “chimeras” must be regarded as human and a have a right to life and the genetic mother should be able to raise them as their own children if they so desire.

In their submission to the committee, they said: “At the very least, embryos with a preponderance of human genes should be assumed to be embryonic human beings, and should be treated accordingly.

“In particular, it should not be a crime to transfer them, or other human embryos, to the body of the woman providing the ovum, in cases where a human ovum has been used to create them.

“Such a woman is the genetic mother, or partial mother, of the embryo; should she have a change of heart and wish to carry her child to term, she should not be prevented from doing so.”

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