Cardinal Keith O’Brien: Value of Life Further Eroding in the U.K.

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The cardinal, who is archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, said this at a conference Saturday in reference to Wednesday's approval of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill.

With a vote of 355-129, the bill passed through its third reading in the House of Commons. The bill passed through the House of Lords earlier this year. After a debate on the amendments introduced by the House of Commons, the bill could become law by November.

The bill permits the creation of animal-human hybrids for medical research, the creation of "savior siblings" genetically matched to an older sick sibling (meaning that those who do not match are eliminated), and loosens access to in-vitro fertilization for lesbian couples by eliminating the requirement for children to have fathers.

John Smeaton, the national director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, said the passage of the bill marks a "tragic date in British history, as Parliament has passed a law extending the lethal abuse of the most vulnerable members of our society. Future generations will look back on this macabre bill and wonder how a supposedly civilized nation could have so devalued human life."

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Filed under: * Culture-Watch • Life Ethics • Religion & Culture • Science & Technology • * International News & Commentary • England / UK • * Religion News & Commentary • Other Churches • Roman Catholic

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Posted October 28, 2008 at 5:29 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Dan Crawford wrote:

And what, precisely, differentiates this legislation and the various policies and practices of Nazi Germany with regard to purifying the race and creating a “superman”? The sophistication of the means?

October 28, 8:01 am | [comment link]
2. Byzantine wrote:

The State has suddenly and quietly gone mad. It is talking nonsense; and it can’t stop. —G.K. Chesterton

October 28, 8:24 am | [comment link]
3. Jeffersonian wrote:

It would seem that CS Lewis’ N.I.C.E. from That Hideous Strength has finally been realized.  What in the world has gotten into the British?

October 28, 8:32 am | [comment link]
4. Br. Michael wrote:

1, absolutely nothing.

October 28, 11:40 am | [comment link]
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