AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2006
Fed: Lower house to consider aborted foetus egg use in cloning
An amendment to the therapeutic cloning bill that would stop stem cells being extracted
from the eggs of aborted female foetuses .. will be moved in the lower house today.
If the Liberal MP's amendment is successful .. it'll send the bill back to the Senate
.. where there are fears it may not survive another challenge after passing by a margin
of just two votes last month.
House of Representatives debate on former health minister KAY PATTERSON'S private member's
bill enters its fourth day today .. with senior ministers including Treasurer PETER COSTELLO
and Health Minister TONY ABBOTT expected to speak.
About two-thirds of the more than 50 MPs who have so far spoken on the bill have supported it.
The bill would allow scientists to create cloned human embryos by using a donated egg
and human cells .. and extract their stem cells for medical research.
AAP RTV jb/sb/wz/cp
KEYWORD: STEMCELL (CANBERRA)
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