[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           STEM-CELL RESEARCH

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a father, a physician and a 
Congressman to express my deep concern over the administration's 
decision to allow taxpayer dollars to incentivize the destruction of 
human embryos.
  For the first time in our country's history, the Federal Government 
is going to encourage the destruction of human embryos. Newer 
techniques for making embryonic-like cells without destroying any 
embryos and advances in adult stem-cell umbilical cord blood treatments 
are showing that the use of embryos for stem-cell research is becoming 
obsolete.
  Over 73 different diseases have been treated, at least 
experimentally, with adult or cord blood stem cells, including type I 
diabetes and heart disease.
  Because of recent steps by our President, pro-life taxpayers are now 
footing the bill for the promotion of abortions overseas, doctors are 
in danger of being forced to perform abortions regardless of moral or 
religious objections, and now taxpayer funds are going to support the 
destruction of human embryos in the name of research.
  Embryonic stem-cell research provides no guarantee of scientific 
advancement, but it does guarantee the innocent unborn have lost a 
critical battle.

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