Seanad debates
Wednesday, 19 November 2003
Stem Cell Research: Statements.
Statements have been made very actively by one MEP, Dana Rosemary Scallon, on this issue. She has very strong views, but her intervention in the last pro-life referendum was unhelpful and contributed to its eventual defeat. The Government supported it and went to a great deal of effort to bring that referendum to the people. It was very fair and was supported by all the churches, but, irrespective of her involvement in the stem cell research debate, her intervention in that regard was very unhelpful. I am not stating that she single-handedly defeated the referendum, but her intervention confused the electorate.
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