The Age reports that Federal Minister for Finance, Nick Minchin, has come out saying that if he was afflicted with a degenerative disease he would refuse treatment with drugs which have been developed using unethical means such as therapeutic cloning.
Mr. Minchin's comments add yet another dimension to the current debate over the use of embryonic stem cells by raising the important issue of whether patient's have a right to refuse treatment using drugs developed from embryonic stem cells.
Mr. Minchin's comments add yet another dimension to the current debate over the use of embryonic stem cells by raising the important issue of whether patient's have a right to refuse treatment using drugs developed from embryonic stem cells.
posted by Lactantius at
4:21 pm
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Good on ya Nick! I would also be worried not only the right to refuse, but the ability to know if the treatment has such things in it.
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aaron, at 11:02 pm
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