Cardinal Pell said all members of parliament should reject the cloning of human embryos for experimentation and destruction.<\/p>\n
“No Catholic politician, indeed no Christian or person with respect for human life who has properly informed his conscience about the facts and ethics in this area should vote in favour of this immoral legislation,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“If this bill is passed, the enemies of human life will soon be back with further proposals, disguised with sweet words and promises of cures, to roll back the few remaining barriers to the regular destruction of early human life.”<\/p>\n
Cardinal Pell said NSW should not simply follow the commonwealth’s lead in overturning the therapeutic cloning ban.<\/p>\n
“The Catholic Church in NSW, through grants and through its hospitals and research institutes, is a promoter of ethical stem cell research on adult and umbilical cord stem cells,” he said.<\/p>\n
“But allowing scientists open slather on human embryos for unethical research is not the best way forward.”<\/p>\n