Email Alert, March 13, 2002

STATE ACTION ALERT

Calls, Faxes, e-mails needed to oppose the cloning of human embryos for research and destruction, and the destruction of human embryos to extract stem cells for research.

 

 

SB 1272 -- Permits destructive research on human embryos and requires that clients of infertility programs who opt to discard "excess" embryos be presented the alternative of donating them for research and destruction.

    It is a great tragedy of our time that we have created thousands of embryos who are stored in a frozen state in infertility clinics around our country.  These tiny human embryos are finally beginning to be made available for adoption by loving couples.  Although the option of donating these embryos is referenced in SB 1272, California ProLife Council believes that this is the only acceptable option that should be promoted by the state when the parents are unable or unwilling to accept these babies themselves. 

 

SCR 55-- Establishes a 14 member panel to advise the Legislature on stem cell research.

    We are opposed to the creation of this panel, whose members would be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee, because there is no hope that such a panel would value the lives of these tiny human embryos or respect their right to life.   

    California ProLife Council believes that innocent human life in all of its stages is entitled to the protection of the law, and that human embryos should not be created for the purpose of research, and that so-called “excess” embryos should be adopted and called by name, not exploited by our medical and scientific communities.   

Call or FAX your own senator, and those members of the Senate Health & Human Services Committee listed below.  We expect all three of these bills to be taken up on Wednesday, March 20 (1:30 p.m., Room 4203, State Capitol).  Phone calls or faxes will receive more attention than e-mails.  Separate faxes or e-mails for each bill would also be helpful.  If you use e-mail, state your opposition in the subject line -- e. g. "Oppose SB 1230-- cloning humans for research."