Bill would end the president's ban.
Federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research is scheduled for a Senate vote sometime this week. The legislation, which has already passed the House, would reverse the Bush administration policy.
Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., would like to make sure taxpayers are not forced to support the destruction of human life.
"Some people say, 'Well, this is no more than medical waste,' " Brownback said, "But it's actually young human life. Biologically, these are young humans that we would be paying to do research on and destroying to research and that's just a barrier to which we should not go as a country."
Carrie Gordon Earll, senior policy analyst for bioethics with Focus on the Family Action, said it's time to let the Senate know federally funded embryonic stem-cell research is not what Americans want.
"We really want to encourage people to call their U.S. senators," she said, "and ask them to vote against the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act."
President George W. Bush has already said he will veto the legislation and remains steadfast against it.
"I set forward a policy to advance stem cell research in a responsible way by funding research on stem-cell lines derived only from embryos that had already been destroyed," he said on May 24. "This policy set a clear standard: We should not use public money to support the further destruction of human life."
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Source: Family Research Center
