Embryonic stem-cell research is legal, but now Congress wants to use even more of your tax dollars to fund it. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate will begin debating S. 5, which would destroy human life and put a premium on human cloning. A vote is set for Wednesday. President Bush has said he will veto the bill.
“The passage of this bill would send the message that the U.S. Senate is willing to sacrifice the weakest and most vulnerable,” said Dawn Vargo, associate bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action. “An affirmative vote would say that senators care more about some scientists and special-interest groups who would like to see unproven research funded with federal dollars.”
On today’s Focus on the Family radio broadcast, Carrie Gordon Earll, senior analyst for bioethics at Focus on the Family Action, urged listeners to support life and to ask their senators to do the same.
“Supporters of this bill are targeting frozen embryos,” she said. “We oppose destroying these embryos or any young humans for research. Many such embryos have been adopted. We call them 'snowflake babies.'
“Call your two U.S. senators and ask them to protect the president’s pro-life policy” and vote “No” on S. 5. “Otherwise, our tax dollars may be used to fund experiments that require the destruction of human life.”
Nikolas T. Nikas, president and general counsel of the Bioethics Defense Fund, said in a statement: “YOU have a voice in this national debate over whether our nation will choose to uphold the principle of true human equality — or whether we will become a nation that exploits women and embryonic human beings for the speculative benefit of others.”
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