Wilmington, Del., May 16, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Bishop Michael A. Saltarelli of Wilmington says Delaware legislators should reject Senate Bill 80, which would allow embryonic stem-cell research.
The Delaware Regenerative Medicine Act would permit destructive research on human embryos from fertility clinics and would not ban the cloning of human embryos for research purposes.
This type of research would allow scientists “to end one human life for the benefit of another thereby violating a well established moral principle that human beings should not be treated as objects to be used for someone else’s purpose or goal,” said Bishop Saltarelli. “This type of embryonic stem-cell research is morally objectionable and scientifically questionable.”
The bishop said stem cells could come from many ethical sources — umbilical cords, placentas, amniotic fluid, adult tissues and bone marrow.