SPUC - Report abhorrent

Anthony Ozimic, the political secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children today condemned the Science and Technology Select Committee's report on human reproduction as "abhorrent".

Mr Ozimic said that the report sent a "shocking message to disabled people". "Fatal discrimination and prejudice are at the heart of this report. Even if young embryos aren't discarded because of their gender, they can still be discarded because of a suspected developmental anomaly."

He called for all political parties to reject the report, arguing: "We warned the Government years ago that allowing the creation of cloned human embryos would inevitably lead to increasing pressure to allow the birth of cloned babies."