HUMAN CLONING

The Hon. A.L. EVANS: Presented a petition signed by 1,664 residents of South Australia, concerning research involving human embryos and human cloning. The petitioners pray that this honourable house will reject proposals to—

(a) reduce prohibitions on human cloning; and

(b) modify regulation or research involving human embryos;

as proposed by the Honourable Minister John Hill in the Statutes Amendment (Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and Regulation of Research Involving Human Embryos) Bill.