FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 2005
CONTACTS:
J.C. Willke, MD, President
Bradley
Mattes, Executive Director
Phone: 513.729.3600
E-mail: info@lifeissues.org
Research Killing
Human Embryos Must Not Receive Tax Funding
Life
Issues Institute opposes a bill, currently in the House of Representatives, that
mandates using tax dollars to fund embryonic stem cell research.
The
House of Representatives will soon vote on HR 810, which would overturn the Bush
administrations policy of funding only research on embryonic stem cell lines
already in existence. Reps. Mike Castle, a Delaware Republican, and Diane DeGette,
a Colorado Democrat have sponsored this legislation. HR 810 would reverse the
Presidents limits and authorize federally funded research killing human
embryos for stem cells.
Bradley Mattes, Executive Director
of Life Issues Institute, said, The federal government should not play a
role of funding medical experimentation on human life, particularly experiments
which kill human embryos. This unproven science hasnt treated a single human
patient. On the other hand, research using adult stem sells do not kill human
life, and has treated over fifty-eight diseases and conditions. We enthusiastically
support adult stem cell research.
Life
Issues Institute is urging individuals to contact their congressmen immediately
by providing an easy link from our website at www.lifeissues.org
Life Issues Institute is dedicated to changing hearts and
minds of millions of people through education, the foundation for pro-life political
and legislative victories. The pro-life movement, around the world, depends upon
Life Issues Institute to provide the latest information and effective tools to
protect innocent human life from womb to tomb.
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