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OTTAWA, March 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of the House of Commons voted yesterday on several key amendments aimed at improving the Assisted Human Reproduction Act Bill C-13.  MPs voted by a narrow majority to support Motion 13 by Liberal MP Paul Szabo which banned human cloning by “any technique”.  However, Canadian Alliance MP Jason Kenney’s Motion 17 to ban destructive research on human embryos was defeated as was a motion by Alliance MP Maurice Vellacott which aimed to limit in vitro fertilization treatments to heterosexual couples.  See yesterday’s LifeSite report on the voting:  LIBERALS RAM THROUGH VOTING ON 60 AMENDMENTS TO CANADIAN BILL C-13 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/mar/03032601.html   Votes on these three motions were recorded and results are available on LifeSite at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/features/stemcellembryo/Motion_13_vote_on_C13_032703.htm https://www.lifesitenews.com/features/stemcellembryo/Motion_17_vote_on_C13_032703.htm https://www.lifesitenews.com/features/stemcellembryo/Motion_4_vote_on_C13_032703.htm