What do our politicians hold about human life? Here are the words of one that must never be forgotten:

“In the end, I could not find a sufficiently compelling moral difference between allowing a surplus embryo to succumb by exposure to room temperature, on the one hand, and the use of those embryos for potentially therapeutic research, on the other. That is why, in the end, I come down in favour of therapeutic research. I think some good can come out of that research. I hope it does. I wish the scientists well.”

These are the immortal words of Mr John Howard recorded in the House of Representatives on 29 August 2002 in debate on “Research Involving Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill 2002.”

A similar anti-life view stated on the previous day on the same bill is this one:

“On the question of surplus embryos, my judgment is this: one form of death to surplus embryos is no more humane than another. Succumbing of an exposed embryo is no more or less humane than the use of those embryos for research. If we were to oppose the human destruction of surplus embryos, it would mean, by definition, the destruction of the IVF program, something which I could not in conscience support. For this reason, I see no fundamental reason to oppose this bill, because the research may offer potential relief to human suffering. In this question we are all subject to our own individual human circumstances.”

The author of these words is the leader of the Australian Labor Party, Mr Kevin Rudd.

Even though other members in the debate went on to make even more chilling comments, the fact is the bill passed into law by a substantial majority of members who shared Mr Howard’s and Mr Rudd’s anti-life sentiments.

What relevance is that to us now?

Members of the current parliament seeking re-election and who voted against life, as well as those who uphold views and participate in organisations that do not promote the good of human life from conception to the grave, do not deserve to be elected to parliament. Their anti-life views contradict the principle that that parliament is intended by God to uphold God’s law and to be His servant in upholding and promoting the good among the citizens of this society. Those standing for parliament who, by their votes and statements and memberships, promote a culture of death need to be remembered by voters at the next election.

The following list of parliamentarians in the current parliament shows the anti-life votes and memberships they have chosen to follow. Until the election is called and the final list of who will be seeking re-election this list is current. To see the list in total please click HERE.