I don't usually refer to political topics on this blog as it's mainly a sort of online family newsletter but my attention was drawn to one of the headlines from the New Scientist on my iGoogle page today, Where does life begin? especially in the light of the recent Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.People were asked this question in a survey and were given a list of possible answers to choose from:
A. At the point of fertilisation?
B. At detection of foetal heartbeat?
The survey was undertaken by an IVF clinic in Atlanta and the results make very interesting reading.
Only 22.7% selected answer A, then came B with 23.5% and finally C with 15%.
There were 12 categories in all.
The article continues,
Not surprisingly, Roman Catholics had the highest proportion voting for "sperm-egg" fusion, around 31%. By contrast, a third of Jewish respondents, 29% of agnostics and 27% of Muslims opted for foetal heartbeat. So too did 38% of IVF patients.
Geographically, only 13% of UK respondents opted for "sperm-fusion", with 43% choosing "foetal heartbeat".
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