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In Touch: May 2008
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Please give your response to each of the following questions, then hit the "Submit" button below when you are finished.

If you would like some background information before answering the questions you may find Embryology Bill: the key points on the BBC website useful.

Questions:
The time limit for abortions should be reduced from 24 weeks to 20 weeks unless there are extenuating medical circumstances.
On a scale of 1 to 5:
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1 is strongly agree and 5 is strongly disagree
Compared to a decade ago, medical scientists have learned significantly more about the first stages of life. Has this made you more in favour or less in favour of abortion -- or hasn't this changed your opinion on the issue?
More in favour
Less in favour
Hasn't changed my opinion
Don't know
Advances in medical science now make it possible for a foetus to be kept alive outside the mother's body at an earlier stage than ever before. Do you think this should or should not put further restrictions on when an abortion can be performed?
Should
Should not
Don't know
Embryonic stem cell research (which relies on creating embryos to obtain stem cells) is essential to medical advances in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
On a scale of 1 to 5:
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1 is strongly agree and 5 is strongly disagree
Scientists should not be pursuing a line of research that involves ‘hybrid embryos’ created by transferring the nuclei of human cells, such as skin cells, into animal eggs from which almost all the genetic information has been removed.
On a scale of 1 to 5:
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1 is strongly agree and 5 is strongly disagree
It is acceptable for a couple to produce a ‘saviour sibling’ to treat a brother or sister with a genetic condition.
On a scale of 1 to 5:
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1 is strongly agree and 5 is strongly disagree
 
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