Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-29-Speech-4-219"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20011129.2.4-219"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Lennart Sacrédeus2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Kristdemokraterna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr Fiori’s report adopts positions on many difficult issues regarding human genetics, including the ethical principles which ought to apply in this area. As a Christian Democrat, I believe that we need ethical parameters in society, with the most fundamental aspect being respect for human dignity. However commendable the aim, it does not justify our using people as a means to an end. Cloning is, therefore, unjustified in any form, whether the chosen adjective is ‘therapeutic’ or ‘reproductive’. It is impossible to make such a distinction, as therapeutic cloning is nothing other than the initial stages of reproductive cloning, with, from the beginning, a stated intention to destroy the embryo which develops from the substitution of the cell nucleus. The embryo already contains everything needed for a human being. Up to birth and beyond, we do not develop people, but people. Research using embryonic stem cells is ethically highly controversial and is, moreover, banned in four Member States (Germany, Austria, Ireland and Portugal), but this is not the case where the use of adult stem cells is concerned. It is, therefore, my view that research using adult stem cells should be prioritised, while ethically highly controversial embryonic stem cell research should not be funded through the Framework Programme. Under the principle of subsidiarity, this does not prevent individual national governments from choosing to fund such research. The fact that the funds available within the Framework Programme are limited means that we must set priorities. As such, research which is so ethically controversial and which clearly breaches the law in many Member States should not be supported. I have therefore chosen to support the report as it was presented prior to the reading in plenary, in line with my vote in favour of Mr Caudron’s report on the sixth framework programme."@en1
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