2008
2008, All, Building Community, Living Justly - Sunday, December 14, 2008
Vatican positively affirms human dignity and ethical research
“Looked at closely, the Instruction Dignitas Personae is a realistic and positive document that recognises the often competing desires generated by developments in biomedical research at the beginning of life,” says spokesperson for the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre, Mr John Kleinsman, commenting on the newly released Vatican document.
“For example, developments in knowledge about stem cells and the potential that they have to cure debilitating diseases throw up questions about the sourcing of stem cells. When we contemplate using human embryos as a source of stem cells we find that the desire to effect cures contradicts and competes with the fundamental right to life that all human beings have from the first moment of existence as an embryo.” Continue…
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