Illinois Federation

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Obama - the embryo-destructive president?

 

President-elect Barack Obama is already signaling that he is unwilling to moderate his controversial views regarding the destruction of unborn children.

 

Barack Obama's transition chief John Podesta says the president-elect is likely to use an executive order to lift President Bush's restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. Obama, like Arizona Senator John McCain, believes such research will lead to cures for diseases like Alzheimer's.

 

Daniel McConchie, vice president of Americans United for Life (AUL), believes Obama's potential move to expand embryo-destructive research is consistent with his pro-abortion stance. "Unfortunately, what this will do is actually make the American taxpayers party to the destruction of human embryos for research that has not been shown to have any benefit to any human patients, as well being unethical in and of its own right," he contends.

 

Obama, according to McConchie, has already alienated the pro-life community by promising Planned Parenthood that he would enact the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate all state and federal restrictions on abortion.

 

Contact: Jim Brown

Source: OneNewsNow

Source URL: http://www.onenewsnow.com

Publish Date: November 12, 2008

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The IFRL is the largest grassroots pro-life organization in Illinois. A non-profit organization, that serves as the state coordinating body for local pro-life chapters representing thousands of Illinois citizens working to restore respect for all human life in our society. The IFRL is composed of people of different political persuasions, various faiths and diverse economic, social and ethnic backgrounds. Since 1973 the Illinois Federation for Right to Life has been working to end abortion and restore legal protection to those members of the human family who are threatened by abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. Diverse though we are, we hold one common belief - that every human being has an inalienable right to life that is precious and must be protected. IFRL is dedicated to restoring the right to life to the unborn, and protection for the disabled and the elderly.   Click here to learn more about the IFRL.