U.S. Catholic bishops voted Thursday, 191-1, to approve a statement opposing embryonic stem-cell research. The document says researchers are not ethically justified in destroying human embryos to produce stem cells.
“As believers who recognize each human life as the gift of an infinitely loving God,” the statement reads, “we insist that every human being, however small or seemingly insignificant, matters to God.”
Three days after the bishops’ vote, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill that will force state taxpayers to fund $1 billion in life-destroying embryonic stem-cell research over 10 years.
Patrick claimed the initiative will advance human healing, yet embryonic stem cells have not treated or cured one patient.
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