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I'VE often said that in my decade as premier, the most impressive human being I met was the late Christopher Reeve.
He not only made the case for research with embryonic stem cells, he left me with a more specific message still: that we must legalise therapeutic cloning.
That's why I congratulate Prime Minister John Howard for shifting his position to allow a conscience vote in Federal Parliament.
And that's why I deplore Health Minister Tony Abbott's scaremongering about the creation of human-animal hybrids.
That is illegal now. It would remain illegal. No one advocates it. No reputable laboratory would waste one minute even thinking about such a lunatic, illegal, pointless pursuit.
There is no plan to manufacture wolf-men or other ridiculous...