Posted on 05/30/2016 9:08:25 AM PDT by Lorianne
Dutch government sanctions ‘limited research’ to help infertile couples and to tackle hereditary or congenital diseases ___ The Dutch government has announced it wants to allow growing human embryos “under strict and limited conditions” for scientific research, thereby giving hope to parents struggling to conceive.
The Dutch health minister, Edith Schippers, said she “wants to allow the creation of embryos for scientific research – and under very strict conditions to give people the possibility of (healthy) children”.
“The research has to do with infertility, artificial reproduction techniques and hereditary or congenital diseases,” the statement added.
It also specifically included people who became infertile after being treated for cancer at an early age.
The Netherlands will change its laws on embryonic research, which until now only allowed tests to be conducted on leftover embryos procured from in vitro fertilisation processes.
The so-called “14-day rule” – which says that human embryos cannot be cultured in the lab for more than two weeks – will also still strictly be adhered to, the statement said.
“Until now the ban on the cultivation of embryos have hampered research which could help with the treatment of diseases on the short to medium-long term,” it added.
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The land of lost ethics
Growing small humans to be unconsenting experimental subjects for testing fatal procedures. Sorry to break the “big N” rule of public discourse, but that’s the kind of thing that gave Nazism a bad name.
I remember when Wonder bread’s advertising said it was great for growing young bodies. Steve Allen said, “Grow me a blond gal.”
Who did they study under? Dr Mengele?
What could go wrong?
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