Abbott seeks to scare on cloning

Abbott seeks to scare on cloning; The Age, Tues, August 22, 2006.
Health Mininster Tony Abbott's latest claim that therapeutic stem cell research is nothing short of an unneccessary progression designed to give "evangalical scientists"a "leg up" is a misinformed, scaremongering attack on a potential breakthrough in medical research. It may not ensure immediate results (how could it with scientists being prevented from implementing laws), but will invariably provide a giant step towards a cure for thousands of "real"Australians living with debilitating illness.
A stem cell, with no prospect of fertilisation, and destroyed after 14 days, is a long way from the "potential human life"Abbott claims it to be.