Springfield, Ill., May 5, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Illinois legislators should reject a measure that would support embryonic stem-cell research with public funds, said Chicago’s archbishop.
In his annual visit to the Capitol Wednesday, Francis Cardinal George told legislators that embryonic stem-cell research is not a good use of taxpayers' money, reported the Chicago Tribune.
Cardinal George said legislators should take the “moral” choice instead.
"I don't think that what is as morally questionable as creating embryos to destroy them for scientific purposes should be funded by public money," Cardinal George told reporters. "It's funded by a lot of private money right now, and you shouldn't use that kind of means even to come to a very good end."