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U.S. House Votes to Fund the Destruction of Embryonic Children
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Thursday, June 07, 2007


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7, 2007

Contact: Marc Tuttle, Communications, (262) 796-1111, cell: (262) 352-0890
or Peggy Hamill, State Director, cell: (414) 416-0489

U.S. House Votes to Fund the Destruction of Embryonic Children
Pro-Life Wisconsin Denounces Passage of S. 5


The United States House of Representatives passed legislation today that would federally fund the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research. Senate Bill 5 (S. 5) – the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 – would fully remove President Bush’s August 2001 federal funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. The bill would require federal funding of new embryonic stem cell lines derived from the destruction of new human embryos “donated” from in vitro fertilization clinics. S. 5 passed the House by a vote of 247 to 176.

The following is Pro-Life Wisconsin State Director Peggy Hamill’s response to passage of S. 5:


“That the U.S. House has made the destruction of embryonic children a legislative priority is a sad reflection on our country. This dreadful bill would force American taxpayers to fund the evisceration of human embryos – babies in their earliest stages of development – for no proven medical benefit; as if such benefit could ever justify the killing of any person. Fortunately, President Bush has vowed to veto this appalling measure yet again.

“The pro-life community IS pro-stem cell research. We want to see research progress toward the treatment of debilitating disease, but not by killing human lives in order to potentially save them. Ethical and effective adult stem cell research is a life-saving alternative. Congress must have the political courage to fully embrace it and ignore the deadly siren call of embryonic stem cell research.”

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