Pence Calls on Congress to Stand for the Sanctity of Life

PENCE CALLS ON CONGRESS TO STAND FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

Voices Opposition to Taxpayer Funding Of Human Embryo Research

Pence speaks to the press

Washington, May 20 - (photo: Pence speaks at a "Snowflake Baby" press conference. Snowflake babies are babies adopted as frozen embryos and brought to full term by their adoptive parents. The babies and their parents will be in Washington when the House votes on a bill that would allow federal funding to be used for embryonic stem cell research the week of May 23.)

Congressman Mike Pence spoke this week on the House floor, urging his colleagues to stand for the sanctity of life and oppose federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Pence's comments follow:

"In the coming days, Congress will consider legislation to make taxpayer dollars available for what is known as embryonic stem cell research.

"Stating the case for an imminent presidential veto, in 2001 President Bush made the moral dimensions of scientific testing on human embryos clear.

"These are the principles:

"It is morally wrong to create human life to destroy it for research.

"Also, it is morally wrong to take the tax dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to finance research that they find morally objectionable.

"The choice of our time was described millennia ago: ‘See, I set before you blessings and curses, life and death. Now choose life that you and your children may live.'

"I urge my colleagues to stand for the sanctity of life at every level. Stand with President George W. Bush. Reject taxpayer funding of human embryo research."

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