Albany, N.Y., Oct 15, 2009 / 04:18 am
A pro-life feminist group has filed suit to block the use of New York state taxpayer funds to pay women recruited to donate their eggs for embryonic stem cell research.
Feminists Choosing Life of New York (FCLNY) filed the suit in the New York State Supreme Court last Friday.
“New York State has the responsibility to protect women,” commented FCLNY Executive Director Wendy McVeigh. “Instead, the state is using taxpayers’ dollars to entice young, economically vulnerable women to experiment in this medically risky procedure.”
The complaint in the case Feminists Choosing Life of New York v. Empire State Stem Cell Board charges that the board provides “significant monetary inducements to women” to engage in a “painful and risky procedure” that disproportionately appeals to economically vulnerable women.