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"Future ancestors"???? Bit of a contradiction in terms there, but I will let it pass.

I do echo the lovely Garinda's thinking on this issue and would ask Greg Pope whether, in the light of his vote against the bill, he would be likley to decline medical treatment developed as a result of stem cell research?

To me, this whole debate sounds similar to the condemnation of the National Lottery we heard from religious groups, till the church roof was falling in: they were only too grateful for lottery cash then. Ethical or moral scruples are all very well,but they become a bit too expensive to maintain once one's back is against the wall, so to speak, it is amazingly instructive to see how easily they crumble then.