We are here simply to decide whether Congress should take the taxpayer dollars of millions of pro-life Americans and use them to fund the destruction of human embryos for research.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm pro-life. I'll do all I can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life.
There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it.
The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.
The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research.
I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.
I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.
We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans.
Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress.
Together, we will protect the sanctity of life, ensuring early next Congress that no federal funds are used for abortion.