Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 November 2003

Stem Cell Research: Statements.

 

The difficulty with this debate in regard to theology is that the Minister rightly says that the statement attributed to the Catholic University of Louvain is only a viewpoint. I am not sure whether that statement was expressed in a periodical or if it is a corporate opinion from the university, since that is not stated. It is more than likely an editorial in a publication but the status is not given. On the other hand, what the bishops told the Taoiseach was in a corporate sense. Therefore, if we are discussing theology, I am inclined to give the weight of balance to what the bishops said to the Taoiseach as against a viewpoint which came from a university in Louvain, Catholic or otherwise.

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