Julie Bishop MP

Deputy Leader of the Opposition

Employment, Business and Workplace Relations.

Member for Curtin, WA

Liberal Party of Australia

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Christianity ... Cloning of human Embryos for research

CHRISTIANITY :

ALL Coalition Front Benchers swore in on the Bible ... many supplying their own for the occasion ... Labor MPs refuse to be sworn in holding Bibles 13/2 Matthew Franklin for The Australian | ... the winds of change were freshening as a majority of Labor MPs refused to be sworn in holding Bibles, instead exercising their option to offer an affirmation of allegiance. Of the Labor frontbench, only Mr Rudd, Simon Crean, Martin Ferguson and Peter Garrett took the Bible in hand as they declared their allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II and her heirs and successors. In marked contrast, all members of the God-fearing Coalition front bench swore on the Bible, many supplying their own for the occasion. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23205381-5013871,00.html

CLONING AND DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN EMBRYOS FOR RESEARCH :

Julie Biship voted in favour of the cloning and destruction of human embryos for research during the last Federal parliament's Conscience Vote on the issue.

Embryo cloning gets the go-ahead December 2006, Sydney Morning Herald | AUSTRALIAN scientists will be able to clone human embryos for medical research under legislation passed by Parliament which divided the country's most senior politicians In a rare conscience vote, the House of Representatives passed the controversial measures despite the Prime Minister [John Howard] urging MPs to vote against the bill because it eroded some of society's most absolute values. ... John Howard was joined in voting against the bill by the Treasurer, Peter Costello, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, the Health Minister, Tony Abbott, as well as Mr Rudd and Labor MPs Peter Garrett, Gavan O'Connor and Tony Burke. ... Those in favour of the bill included cabinet ministers Brendan Nelson, Julie Bishop, Ian Macfarlane, Alexander Downer and Philip Ruddock and Labor frontbenchers Julia Gillard, Simon Crean, Jenny Macklin and Wayne Swan. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/embryo-cloning-gets-goahead/2006/12/06/1165081020220.html

Quote: From the No Cloning.org website / Do No Harm CLONING – WHAT THEY SAID JUST FOUR YEARS AGO “DEAR COALITION SENATOR AND MEMBER: IF IT WAS ‘WRONG’ IN 2002 TO CREATE EMBRYOS SOLELY FOR RESEARCH, HOW CAN IT BE ‘RIGHT’ IN 2006?” Hon Julie Bishop (Liberal – Curtin) Put simply, I support a prohibition on human cloning and other such unacceptable practices as outlined in the bill and I support the regulated use for research of excess human embryos created by assisted reproductive technology. I have arrived at this position after a great deal of consideration over a number of years…. The most controversial aspect of the bill is not the issue of human cloning. There seems to be unanimity for the proposed prohibition on research that would yield a human clone…. http://www.cloning.org.au/Documents/statements.pdf