Slight rant about grown people who should know better than to open their mouths.
After having watched the last fourty minutes of Dispatches tonight, on the involvement of Christian Fundamentalists in UK Politics (specifically the vote on embryonic research) I'd just like to say that I think that Andrea Williams is both an incredibly dangerous woman and worse, an embarassment to my potential profession. As a barrister the fact that she could not even reasonably argue her own beliefs was astounding and the fact that she's working with politicians on movements like the ban is deeply, deeply disturbing.
(Honestly, woman. If you're going to profess that Islam is false, at least back it up by saying that a false religion is a bad thing because it promotes division. If you're going to say the world is 4000 years old, at least try and justify fossils as part of Gods plan to confuse the unfaithful. And if you're going to argue against allowing 24 week abortions at least understand the scientific or psychological reasons why you want to reduce it, so far you're only arguing from a single, abberant interpretation of an out of date authority here. Disgrace to anybody calling themselves a lawyer.)
Anyway, the vote passed. I hope the regulation of research is rigorous enough.
One bit of the Bill I'm interested to see voted on is the role of fathers in IVF. I'm hopeful actually that by widening the interpretation of good parenting to accept that it does not necessarily require a father would emphasise the examination of any family support, father or not.
(Honestly, woman. If you're going to profess that Islam is false, at least back it up by saying that a false religion is a bad thing because it promotes division. If you're going to say the world is 4000 years old, at least try and justify fossils as part of Gods plan to confuse the unfaithful. And if you're going to argue against allowing 24 week abortions at least understand the scientific or psychological reasons why you want to reduce it, so far you're only arguing from a single, abberant interpretation of an out of date authority here. Disgrace to anybody calling themselves a lawyer.)
Anyway, the vote passed. I hope the regulation of research is rigorous enough.
One bit of the Bill I'm interested to see voted on is the role of fathers in IVF. I'm hopeful actually that by widening the interpretation of good parenting to accept that it does not necessarily require a father would emphasise the examination of any family support, father or not.