'We Do Not Have to Choose Between Promoting Stem Cell Research and Respecting Life': Pro-life Senators Offer Bill Banning Funding Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Calvin Freiburger : Aug 2, 2019
LifeSiteNews.com

"...Ethical science that respects the dignity of life is always the best science. Advances in stem cell research can be achieved without relying on the destruction of human embryos." -Sen. Roger Wicker

[LifeSiteNews.com] On Tuesday, Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi re-introduced legislation that would prohibit the federal government from spending tax dollars on embryo-destructive research and instead support the use of stem cells from ethical sources. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

S.2308 is the latest version of Wicker's Patients First Act, which directs the federal government to prioritize stem cell research funding "in terms of potential for near-term clinical benefit in human patients," and forbids it from supporting research that involves the "creation of a human embryo for research purposes," the "destruction of or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a living human embryo," or the "use of any stem cell" obtained via such means.

The bill would effectively reverse an executive order by former President Barack Obama that authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support embryonic stem cell research... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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