Stem Cell Legislation



	Embryonic Stem Cell Legislation
	A common misperception is that the Catholic Church opposes Stem Cell Research. The Catholic Church, in fact, emphatically supports Stem Cell research and funds such research through many of it's Catholic Universities. The Catholic Church, does however, oppose Embryonic Stem Cell research because that involves the destruction of a human being at the embryonic phase. To learn more about this, please see the Embryonic Stem Cells section on the Respect Life webpage. New York State to pay egg donors with tax dollars On May 12th, 2009, New York State's ethics committee, Empire State Stem Cell Board, voted to recommend that tax dollars be awarded to women who's eggs were harvested to be used for Embryonic Stem Cell research. If passed, New York would become the first state in the union to allow such reimbursements for eggs-for-research donors. Read more of Fr. Thomas Berg's article, "Scrambled Ethics", here. top Edward T. Mechmann, Esq., Public Policy Coordinator edward.mechmann@archny.org 646.794.2807

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