[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 APPLAUDING SNOWFLAKES ADOPTION PROGRAM FOR GIVING EMBRYOS A CHANCE AT 
                                  LIFE

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, many of my colleagues have recently 
called for Federal funding to destroy human embryos for research. They 
cite the fact that stem cells obtained from these embryos could give 
life.
  They are forgetting two vital facts: One, stem cells can be acquired 
from adults; and two, these human embryos are life and deserve our care 
and protection.
  There are thousands of embryos in existence, each one waiting in what 
some called frozen orphanages for a chance at life. For them, I support 
alternatives that do not destroy them, alternatives like Snowflake 
Adoption Program.
  Embryo adoption affirms life while providing a family the opportunity 
to welcome a child into their family. Some say these human embryos can 
give life, if only we could use Federal funds to destroy them.
  We must remember that these embryos are already life, and I applaud 
the Snowflakes Adoption Program for giving many of them a chance.

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