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Irish Bishops' Letter to the Taoiseach, November 2003

The Irish Bishops make public the issues raised with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a well publicised meeting held at Government Buildings on Oct. 29th. 2003.

Saving Life by Funding Death

Article by Fr. Kevin Doran on the scientific, ethical and political implications of the funding of research on embryonic stem cells, as proposed by the EU Commission in the Sixth Framework Programme for Research. Originally published in the Irish Times on 17th. Nov. 2003.
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Cloning and Stem-Cell Research

Submission to The House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research, by The Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics.
Web Link to Linacre Centre.

Adult Stem Cells

Draft Submission by Prof. David Prentice (2002) to the US "President's Council on Bioethics" regarding the potential therapeutic benefits of Adult Stem Cells. David Prentice is Professor of Life Sciences at the Indiana State University.
Web Link to the "President's Council on Bioethics"

Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Pontifical Acadmemy for Life. August 2000.
Web Link to Vatican Web Site.

Embryonic Stem Cell Research:
Deciding Irish Policy in Europe

Fr. Kevin Doran addresses some of the key questions facing the Irish public, in relation to the EU proposal to fund embryonic stem cell research. November 2003.

Interview with Dr. David Prentice

Prof. Prentice explains why human embryonic stem-cell research is illegal, immoral, and unnecessary.
Web link to Catholic Educators' Resource Centre


 

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