Ireland: abortion disaster
An Irish couple took advantage of the coun-try’s new abortion legalisation to end the life
of their ‘wanted’ baby. They did so believing
that their baby had a ‘fatal foetal abnor-mality.’ However, after the abortion, it was
shown that the initial test was wrong and
that their child had been perfectly healthy.
The pro-abortion Royal College of
Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists will
conduct
an
independent
investigation
into the abortion that was committed at
the National Maternity Hospital. There
are reports that the parents had been told that their baby had Trisomy 18 genetic
disorder. The parents
are
reported
as
being devastated.
USA: manimals?
The US Federal Government’s National
Institutes of Health (NIH) on 9 August
announced a proposed change in the ethical
limits of federally funded research, allowing
animal/human ‘cross-species’ research.
By injecting animal embryos with human
stem cells,
scientists can create
‘chimera’
hybrids. By creating and nourishing these
beings, letting the hybrid embryos develop
into fully-grown animals with human cells
and organs,
scientists can
then use
the human/animal for experiments, ostensibly to
learn about and treat diseases. Researchers
say they might be able to breed sheep, pigs,
and cows with human hearts, kidneys, etc.
for human transplantation.