Poll cites support for hybrid embryos


by Newswire    
April 10, 2008 at 8:20 am

A Times poll published today will show that around 50% of the public support the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos to tackle diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

A poll for The Times reveals today that the contentious medical research enjoys broad public approval, with 50 per cent backing new laws that would permit it and only 30 per cent opposed. The findings undermine claims by critics of the experiments that they enjoy little public support and they will bolster the Government’s attempts to pass the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which begins its passage in the House of Commons next month. MPs of all parties will have a free vote on its provisions for human-animal embryos.

The poll finds much greater scepticism about another section of the Bill, which would remove the legal requirement that infertility clinics consider a child’s need for a father before accepting patients for treatment. This reform is opposed by 40 per cent of people, with just 32 per cent in favour, but is popular with voters aged between 18 and 34.

The poll (pdf) shows that Liberal Democrats were the most sympathetic towards lesbian mothers.

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“The poll (pdf) shows that Liberal Democrats were the most sympathetic towards lesbian mothers.”

Oh, it’s wrong, but that sentence made me giggle (and yes, I am sympathetic towards lesbian mothers)

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