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Half-man, half-beast fear over fertility Bill[UK]
The Sun ^
| 23 Oct 2008
| GRAEME WILSON
Posted on 10/24/2008 10:09:29 AM PDT by BGHater
A RACE of half-man, half-beast “humanzees” could be created under new fertility laws, MPs were warned last night.
Loopholes would let scientists fertilise animals with human sperm, the Commons was told during a debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
Tory MP Nadine Dorries claimed it would revive memories of Soviet tyrant Stalin’s attempt to create the “ultimate soldier” in the 1920s by cross-breeding humans and apes.
Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson conjured up the spectre of a monster from Greek legend, saying: “The image that people find most abhorrent is of scientists producing GM babies or cloned adults or minotaurs.”
But Health Minister Dawn Primarolo brushed aside the fears and insisted the Bill was about helping infertile couples and furthering research into disease.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bioethics; chimera; europe; fertility; human; ifv; transgenics; uk
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:09:31 AM PDT
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BGHater
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:10:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My wallet is made out of depleted you-owe-mium........)
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:10:53 AM PDT
by
Damifino
(The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:12:11 AM PDT
by
mgstarr
("Some of us drink because we're not poets." Arthur (1981))
To: mgstarr; tx_eggman
Mr. Peepers:
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:16:12 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(Islam ... If you can't join them, beat them.)
To: BGHater
This exact thing happened years ago:
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:16:28 AM PDT
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: Red Badger
He’s a half man, half bear-pig.
No, half man-bear, half-pig.
No, he’s a ..... AAAAGHHHHH!
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:16:28 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:17:13 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
(www.pioacademy.org)
To: jws3sticks
The pig nose actually IMPROVES his appearance.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:17:18 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:29:08 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule" - Mencken)
To: BGHater
Loopholes would let scientists fertilise animals with human spermThis story is screwy. Simple fertilization of an ape with human sperm would not result in conception.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:29:47 AM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
To: jws3sticks
That would be an ORC .... human - pig hybrids.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:32:44 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(To protect and defend ... against all enemies, foreign and domestic .... by any means necessary.)
To: Eepsy
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell by Cordwainer Smith Weird - I don't recognize the title, and here I thought I'd read everything he'd written! I'm going to have to look that one up.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:35:52 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(What can I say? It's a gift. And I didn't get a receipt, so I can't exchange it.)
To: BGHater
Looks like Labour is trying to find a way to create new supporters.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:36:14 AM PDT
by
B Knotts
(Calvin Coolidge Republican)
To: Alex Murphy
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:46:11 AM PDT
by
Eepsy
(www.pioacademy.org)
To: BGHater
Make love, not war with the new beings.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:47:33 AM PDT
by
ansel12
( When a conservative pundit mocks Wasilla, he's mocking conservatism as it's actually lived.)
To: BGHater
Wonderful. MORE Democrat voters.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:50:20 AM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Joe the Plumber. He's our only hope... God help him.)
To: BGHater
The Brits have been playing around with this sort of thing for decades...even the Royal family has dabbled with it.
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:54:11 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: rfp1234
Agreed, as it blocks the view of his empty brain cavity.
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10/24/2008 10:54:57 AM PDT
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: ansel12
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posted on
10/24/2008 10:55:24 AM PDT
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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