The HVD supports the motion (16\/7982) submitted by Ulrike Flach (FDP), Katherina Reiche (CDU\/CSU) and Rolf St\u00f6ckel (SPD). Like the latter, the HVD also advocates the complete abolition of the cut-off date and thus a far-reaching liberalization of stem cell research. As important as the regulation of stem cell research is, a reproductive medicine law is becoming more important.<\/p>\n
The Humanist Association has made a clear commitment to stem cell research. Dr. Horst Groschopp, Chairman of the Humanist Association, comments on the forthcoming decision by the German Bundestag to amend the Stem Cell Act:<\/strong><\/p>\n “A continuation of German stem cell research according to the motto: ‘Research is still allowed. But please only with embryonic stem cells from abroad’ is no longer ethically tenable. The Humanist Association is therefore in favour of abolishing the cut-off date and liberalizing stem cell research to a large extent. In order to alleviate or cure previously incurable diseases, we need a clear commitment from the Bundestag to stem cell research. The current cut-off date regulation is no longer tenable, it is hostile to research and can hardly be justified ethically.<\/p>\n Embryonic stem cells themselves have no human dignity. This applies regardless of a cut-off date. To equate stem cells ethically and legally with a baby or a seriously ill person is absurd. In addition, according to the Stem Cell Act, only stem cells from surplus embryos that cannot become human beings may be imported anyway.<\/p>\n The Humanist Association is also in favor of a stem cell use law that regulates the use of the results of stem cell research. The new possibilities for artificially programming cells have a far greater ethical dimension than has been publicly discussed to date.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On April 11, the Bundestag will decide on a change to the so-called Stem Cell Act. 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