Saturday, February 24, 2007

Illinois Senate Passes Embryonic Stem Cell and Cloning Bill

From Illinois Senate Passes Embryonic Stem Cell and Cloning Bill, published Feb. 23, 2007, by The Illinois Family Institute.

Senators in Springfield vote 35 to 23 to use tax dollars to fund human embryonic stem cell research and cloning. Thirty votes were needed to pass this this bill. It now moves on to the House for further debate.

To see how your senator voted, click here.

Private funding has dried up for embryonic stem cell research because over the last two decades of research NO viable treatments have been developed. It is both immoral and a waste of money.

Please contact your state representative and urge them to vote no.