News Release #405

Bishop of New Ulm Responds to President's Vetoing the Use of Public Funds for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

New Ulm, MN - I commend President George W. Bush

for his courageous affirmation of human life in vetoing the immoral legislative proposal of the United States House and Senate which would have funded embryonic stem cell research with public monies.

By his firm leadership, the President has rejected this country’s reckless slide towards the harvesting of human embryos for commercial use. The fact of the matter is adult human stem cells, not embryonic ones, have proven themselves capable of medical cures in a number of different categories. This is the area that needs to be funded. Destroying unborn life to satisfy scientific curiosity is as cruel as it is unreasonable. Politicians are elected to protect society’s common good and gratefully President Bush has done just that.