WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Senate derailed a GOP effort to outlaw human-animal chimera experimentation on Thursday in a 49 to 48 vote; Rep. Chris Smith (R, NJ-04) joined Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana in blasting the developing scientific practice. The pair was specifically reacting to new guidance from the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR).
“The ISSCR has shown an utter disregard for the value and dignity of human life,” said Smith. “Its previous rule allowing scientists to create and experiment on human embryos up to 14 days was already unethical and morally repugnant, but the ISSCR has now removed all restraint, allowing unborn humans at any stage of development to be experimented on, manipulated, and destroyed.”
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), which bills itself as "the voice of the stem cell research community," has announced that it no longer endorses the prevailing international standard limiting human embryo research to 14 day
Researchers seek to further experimentation on preborn babies
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May 28, 2021
Brown: We oppose any and all research that denies the humanity of the embryo by using him as nothing more than an experimental tool.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (27 May 2021) - American Life League president Judie Brown released the following statement today following the news that a stem cell research organization has called for the removal of a rule against growing and experimenting on embryonic human beings after 14 days of gestation:
The monsters in the laboratory know no bounds. There are no other words to describe the latest call from the International Society for Stem Cell Research to expand the boundaries for experimentation on human embryonic children.
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