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Published Date: 28 March 2008
THE leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland was today expected to launch another attack on the Government's controversial embryo research plans.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien was to speak out against the proposals for the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos at a public meeting tonight in Kirkcaldy.

The Cardinalwas released from hospital yesterday after having a pacemaker fitted.

He has already been fiercely critical of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, describing the plans as "monstrous".

In his Easter Sunday sermon, he also claimed such legislation – which supporters claim could help find cures for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis – could lead to experiments of "Frankenstein proportion".

Tonight's meeting was set to take place in Kirkcaldy.





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  • Last Updated: 28 March 2008 10:03 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Roman Catholic church
 
1

eric,

28/03/2008 12:10:59
Pacemaker ,mmmm Arent we Playing God there!
2

G_C,

Edinburgh 28/03/2008 12:48:46
Just because you don't understand or approve of the processes behind medical research doesn't mean that you have to take a principled stand, and refuse treatment with the resulting technologies.
3

Gina Gibson,

Wales 29/03/2008 00:59:03
Oh no, scientists have created a human/machine hybrid Cardinal!!! We're doomed ah tell ye!

 

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