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MEDI HON ROBERT BROKENSHIRE MLC F |
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PARLIAMENT NARROWLY BACKS CLONES, ANIMAL-HUMAN HYBRIDS Thursday 26 March 2009 State Parliament has
today voted for
Human Cloning and the creation of Animal-Human Hybrids, in some cases by
narrow 1-vote margins on a conscience vote. Family First moved amendments to ban creating
hybrids, which were only narrowly lost by 1 vote (9:10 with 2 paired) just
before midnight last night. Other amendments by Family First designed to prevent eggs being
harvested from aborted baby girls also failed, 8 votes to 12. The final vote on the Bill in its
entirety was 12:9 in favour of the Bill passing. “The one-vote margin on hybrids, and the significant
bloc of No-votes overall shows that Family First is well in tune with
community values on these very important subjects”, Mr Brokenshire
said, “There was a distinct lack of community debate or consultation on
this important bill and it has only been some members of the watchdog
Legislative Council that stood up for traditional family values and put the
Government to test on this legislation” “We are very disappointed to see this
Bill passed, as we reject human cloning for research and cloning for
reproduction, and we utterly reject the disgusting idea of fertilising
cow’s eggs with human sperm, and all the other possible permutations
being tried around the world” The legislation (Statutes Amendment (Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and
Regulation of Research Involving Human Embryos) Bill) was part of a
national scheme voted upon by other State and Federal Parliaments in previous
years, and is a regime that the Western Australian Parliament rejected in
2008. “If members of the public are upset about
this unethical legislation, or when research goes wrong and becomes public,
the Executive Cabinet of this Government will have to take full
responsibility. This was a
Government Bill.” |
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