Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I agree with some of my colleagues who have expressed delight at the successful outcome of certain research, as reported today in The Lancet. I welcome the news that a woman in Spain is making a good recovery following the procedure that was carried out. I disagree with those who have suggested that this development should preclude or prevent the development of other sorts of research into the potential of stem cells to offer treatment or cures to people with chronic illnesses and conditions like Parkinson's disease. I do not see how that follows. As a woman, I am concerned about the strange fetishisation of the human embryo.