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Archbishop Barry Hickey is one ety in which it (cloning) is tolerof 20 religious and medical lead- ated is no longer the same sociers in the community who have ety--any more than is a society signed a letter on the subject of that permits incest or cannibalembryonic stem cell research ism or slavery... It is a society that which was faxed to The West Aus- has forgotten how to shudder, that tralian on May 31 but which has rationalises away the abominable.' not yet been published. We accept the views of many Organised by Dr Lachlan Dunjey, the letter made a plea for the scientists that stem-cell research community conscience to be on adult tissues and other non awake and sensitive to the seri- embryonic tissues e.g. umbilical ousness of the issues now being cord, has proven benefits, safety debated in advance of proposed and promise for the future and Federal legislation on cloning and that ESCR is not as needful as other scientists make out. stem cell research. "In light of the above, we further The signatories also sent a similar statement to Western Aus- state that experimentation on tralia's 119 Members of spare embryos is not acceptable Parliament -28 Federal Members, and we do not agree with the premise that as they are going to 34 MLCs and 57 MLAs. The letter to The West Aus- die anyway, then it is reasonable to experiment on them first. tralian reads: 'It is our plea that our commu'We believe that the decisions we as a society make now regard- nity conscience will be awake and ing the ethical issues around sensitive to the seriousness of cloning and embryonic stem cell these unique and significant research (ESCR) will significantly issues.' Twenty leading church, law or shape our future. We therefore medical figures signed the letter make the following statement: We believe that life begins (see Page 2). During the period in when a cell has the ability to repli- which the letter has not been pubcate and differentiate into indi- lished, The West Australian has vidual tissues e.g. a fertilised run two front page articles on the ovum. Human life begins when destruction of human embryos for the cell possessing this ability has experimentation. One on June 22 reported that an human chromosomes. It may never develop to the extent that it expectant Ballajura woman was becomes self-aware or feel pain - planning to preserve the stem but it is still human by virtue of cells from her baby's umbilical its gene pattern, it is unique, and cord. The story confirmed a problem previously reported in The it is alive. Record that families wanting to We believe that the concepts of preserve umbilical cord blood personhood and self-awareness are too arbitrary on which to base face a $2000 fee plus an annual decisions regarding life and death storage fee. Continued - Page 2 and that the human embryo is human life in the truest sense and must be protected against experNew help for imentation or exploitation. We believe that human cloning childless couples technology is unacceptable and Archbishop blesses fertility that, in the words of Dr Leon Kass clinic (head of President Bush's Page 16 Editorial Page 7 bioethics advisory council) a sod-
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