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Rights of Human Embryos Highlighted in Leading Irish Newspaper : 18th Jan 10
In a letter to "The Irish Times", Dr Oliver Joyce of the School of Science, Sligo Institute of Technology, said, “[A]s a parent, I have come to realise that children owe their parents nothing”. “Children do not decide to be born”, he continued, “parents decide to have children.
Once that decision has been made, and fertilisation occurs, a new human life exists. An embryo is a person, life begins at conception. Whether this conception occurs in utero or in vitro, it doesn’t matter, the fact remains that a fertilised egg is the result”.
He noted that “The issue of whether to implant an embryo comes down to one very simple fact. It is not a question of the mother’s right, it is not a question of the father’s right; it is about the person’s right to life”. The Irish Times. December 17.
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