Category: Embryonic stem cells
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Disability rights activist opposed to embryo research
Disability Rights Advocate Backs Bush Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Veto Joining fellow disability advocates, ethicists, researchers, theologians and legislators, Tada said she stands with "countless Americans with disabilities who believe that our cause is not advanced when human life is sacrificed in hopes of finding a cure." "People like me — who are medically…
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Catholic Church to excommunicate researchers who destroy embryos
The Catholic Church says it plans to excommunicate scientists who conduct embryonic stem cell research because it involves the destruction of human life. Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, head of the Vatican department dealing with family affairs made the comments to an Italian Christian magazine. Trujillo, said the church believes embryonic stem cell research is as…