Letter
Cardinal Keeler's Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Regarding Stem Cell Research (July 2005)
Cardinal William H. Keeler's Letter to the U.S. Senate Regarding Stem Cell Research, July 11, 2005
"The Senate may soon vote on whether federal funds should be used to encourage largescale destruction of innocent human life for research purposes. H.R. 810/S. 471, the Specter/Harkin bill on stem cell research, would rescind President Bush's policy on embryonic stem cell (ESC) research, so the offer of federal funds for such research can be used to encourage researchers to destroy new human embryos from fertility clinics for their cells. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to oppose all destructive and morally offensive proposals of this kind.
Government has no business forcing taxpayers to become complicit in the direct destruction of human life at any stage. Nor is there any point in denying the scientific fact that human life is exactly what is at stake here."