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Cardinal Keith O'Brien blasts Gordon Brown over embryos

The leader of Scotland's Catholics is to attack Gordon Brown for backing "monstrous, Frankenstein plans" for embryo research.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien will use his Easter Sunday sermon to launch a blistering assault on the Prime Minister's plan to allow scientists to create part-human, part-animal embryos for use in stem cell experiments.

He will claim: "One might say that in our country we are about to have a public Government endorsement of experiments of Frankenstein proportion - without many people really being aware of what is going on."

Supporters of the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill say it will allow scientists to do research that could lead to cures for diseases including Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.

But O'Brien will insist: "It is difficult to imagine a single piece of legislation which more comprehensively attacks the sanctity and dignity of human life."

He will describe the law as "hideous", "deathly" and "grotesque".

And he will condemn Brown for not allowing Labour MPs a free vote on the Bill when it is debated in the Commons in the coming weeks.

Full story at the Daily Record.