I belong to a large church, and every
few months, I see advertisements in our bulletin placed by families raising
money to help cure diseases such as diabetes or cancer. Although the intent of such fund raising is
admirable, many people do not realize that too often, the money you raise is not
being spent on legitimate medical research. Rather, many of the largest and most
well-known non-profit organizations are actually wasting your donations on human
embryonic stem cell research.
So-called embryonic stem cell
research is not research at all. It is gravely
evil because it always kills a living human embryo. Scientists who promote embryo destruction
claim that since some of the embryos created for use in fertility treatments and
then frozen may never be implanted, they should be considered “left over.” This convenient label is used to justify
killing the tiniest babies to obtain their stem cells.
In order to avoid funding the destruction of innocent human life, it is critical that before you begin a fund raising project, you learn as much as possible about how your donations will be spent. Fortunately, this task is not difficult, thanks to the extensive investigations carried out by pro-life groups such as Life Decisions International. LDI publishes a free report entitled “Organization Watch,” which lists the names of groups who are on record as supporting the destruction of human embryos. To download a copy, visit LDI’s website at www.fightpp.org.
If you want to support truly
life-saving research, you may also wish to consider donating to the John Paul
II Stem Cell Research Institute. Their
mission is to conduct medical research that respects the dignity of all human
life. You can learn more about them by
visiting their website at http://www.jp2sri.org.
Destroying even one embryo for the sake of medical research can never be justified. There is no such thing as a left over human being.
Respectfully,
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