Church of Scotland: Animal-Human Hybrid Embryos Unethical and Unnecessary
The Church of Scotland has welcomed the decision by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to have a full public debate and consultation on the possibility of licensing research on human-animal hybrid embryos
by Maria Mackay
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2007

The Church of Scotland has welcomed the decision by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to have a full public debate and consultation on the possibility of licensing research on human-animal hybrid embryos.

The Church’s General Assembly is not opposed to all research involving embryonic stem cells, but its has expressed firm opposition to research involving the creation of human-animal ‘hybrid’ cloned embryos.

“Christian teaching on compassion for the sick welcomes and indeed stimulates scientific research in medicine, but always within moral limits. Some experiments, no matter how medically useful, would be unethical. Research with animal-human cloned embryos would breach moral norms,” said the Church of Scotland in a statement released Thursday. the rest