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There is simply no rational moral argument to stand in the way of creating embryos for this vital and potentially life saving work. The 'embryos' used in this type of research are small clumps of undifferentiated cells, called blastocysts (look them up!). They have no capacity for feeling any pain or loss. You kill more cells every time you scratch your nose. If your morals are concerned with suffering and happiness then you have no more reason than a privative 'yuck' factor for opposing this. Adult and child human lives are already being needlessly wasted because of the 'yuck factor' blocking medical advances. The government must confront this head on and educate the general population about this essential area of research.

Current signatories

Crispin Cooper, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Matthew Hardy
• bob rayner
• Nat Queen
• Mark Wiltshire
• Geoff Newman
• Paul Wooldridge
• Andrew Binks
• Matthew Kowalski
• Stephen Kowalski
• Matt
• parminder Uppal
• Istvan Nemeshanyi
• Gary George
• John Kinley
• Malcolm Isaac
• Peter Stilwell
• Paul Edmunds
• James David Burgon
• gill beavon
• Russell Beavon
• Ben Hunt
• Mattia Fochesato
• Reuben Lewis
• Nicholas Burns
• Ian Trattell BSc
• Chris Block
• rachel sharp
• Sadler Johnson
• Adam Wicketts
• Hywel Thomas
• Wilson Li
• Kim Howes
• Alan H Coull
• Martin Kijko
• Donald Hardie
• NEIL MACKENZIE
• mark malcolm-brown
• Darren Reynolds
• Gordon Murphy
• Timothy Puntis
• Tony Parker
• Victoria Wadd
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• Matt Tapping
• John Scott
• Ioannis Yfantidis
• Helen Bistis
• Daniel Wilson
• Robert Scott
• Sue Meyrick
• Mark Jervis
• Alan Ferguson
• Sarah Wadd
• E Thompson
• Frida Skytt
• Hugh Atkinson
• Dr D Coppen
• debra sandling
• AlisonCook
• Alice Eggeling
• Stephen devine
• Tina Pearson
• Luke Axe
• L Hancock
• david bradley
• Guang Duo Zhang
• Gavin McEwan
• Lynne Holland
• Ka Ling Mak