Lamenting the United Kingdom's decision to authorize the cloning of human embryos for research purposes, Catholic doctors insisted it is "ethically unacceptable to deliberately sacrifice the life of a

Lamenting the United Kingdom’s decision to authorize the cloning of human embryos for research purposes, Catholic doctors insisted it is “ethically unacceptable to deliberately sacrifice the life of a

08/18/2004 at 8:43 PM Posted by Catholic Citizens of Illinois

Lamenting the United Kingdom’s decision to authorize the cloning of human embryos for research purposes, Catholic doctors insisted it is “ethically unacceptable to deliberately sacrifice the life of any human being.” On Aug. 12, the International Federation of Associations of Catholic Doctors (FIAMC) published a statement decrying the authorization given the day before to a Newcastle laboratory to carry out experiments with human embryonic stem cells (CMEH) for therapeutic uses.