Let’s change course on embryo research

I WELCOME the recent meeting between the bishops and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on the issue of the Government’s support for EU funding of destructive embryo research. It is a welcome opportunity to focus on Ireland’s constitutional protection of the child embryo.

The Government will have an opportunity to commit to re-establishing, within the EU, Ireland’s constitutional protection of life from conception.

Last month the Government agreed to the funding of embryo research in the EU. However, there is still time to reverse this decision before a vital EU vote on the topic.