Op-Ed: Who’s your daddy? Well, it doesn’ t really matter now

August 1, 2007

It’s a wise child, they say, that knows his own father, but by the time the Human Tissue and Embryos Bill comes into force, his chances will be that bit poorer. This Bill, which will be going through Parliament in the next session, is a hair-raisingly complicated affair, involving issues like the creation of animal-human hybrids (half-hamster embryos, anyone?), research on embryos, human cloning and, for good measure, abortion (though it was never intended to be about that). (Times Online)