Illinois Federation

For Right to Life

Daily News

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

'Open season' on human embryos around the corner?

 

Jonathan Moreno of the University of Pennsylvania is heading up President-elect Obama's bioethics campaign and pro-lifers are calling that a negative for the movement.

 

Embryonic research involves the destruction of tiny human beings and is vigorously supported by Obama. Dr. David Prentice knows about Moreno's position on the subject and says that Moreno was on the National Academy of Sciences panel – a panel that approved guidelines for destroying embryos that were used for research and human cloning.

 

Dr. Prentice was asked if Moreno and others are ignoring the tremendous successes with adult stem cells, which does not involve killing an embryo.

 

"There's pretty much a blind eye being turned toward the real successes which come out every week," said Prentice. He adds that they would rather just look "ideologically at the open season on human embryos" and have "carte blanche to do any human experiments they want."

 

Moreno is also known to support animal-human hybrids.

 

Contact: Charlie Butts

Source: OneNewsNow

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

Publish Date: November 30, 2008

Link to this article:

http://www.ifrl.org/ifrl/news/081203_5.htm

 

 

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.