America’s Most Vulnerable are Knocking on the President’s Door

ACLJ Urges President Bush to Veto Embryonic Stem Cell Bill

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2007—“Human life is not a mere cog in the machine of scientific progress.”
—The American Center for Law and Justice

The fight to keep U.S. tax dollars from funding experimentation that injures, destroys, or discards living human embryos moves to the oval office today. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), the nation's top conservative public interest law firm, is urging President Bush to veto a bill passed yesterday by the Senate that would clear the way for the federal government-using tax dollars-to conduct research on stem cells taken from human embryos.

"We believe President Bush will fulfill his promise to protect life and veto this abhorrent piece of legislation that amounts to nothing more than a frontal assault on human life," said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the ACLJ, which is opposing the legislation. "This legislation is morally and ethically unacceptable."

The ACLJ is also engaged in efforts to keep the Senate from overriding a presidential veto.  "We are hopeful that an attempt to override a presidential veto will fail," said Sekulow. "The need to protect the sanctity of human life has never been greater. That is why this dangerous legislation must be vetoed and the veto sustained in the Senate."

The American Center for Law and Justice has heard from tens of thousands of people who opposed the Senate bill (S. 5). They are joining the ACLJ in urging President Bush to veto the measure and encouraging members of the Senate to support the veto.

Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, the American Center for Law and Justice specializes in constitutional law and focuses on pro-life issues. The ACLJ is based in Washington, D.C. and is online at www.aclj.org.  

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