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Americans United for Life Vice President Testifying before Oklahoma House, Available for Interview

 

Chicago, Illinois -- Americans United for Life (AUL) Vice President Daniel McConchie is scheduled to testify before the Oklahoma House of Representatives Health Subcommittee on Thursday, October 16 at 2:30 pm. Mr. McConchie will be addressing the moral and ethical issues surrounding stem cell research

 

AUL President Dr. Charmaine Yoest said, "The only stem cell research that State governments should be promoting is stem cell research that upholds the dignity of every human being.  Oklahomans can be proud that their state is taking a lead in pro-life stem cell research."

 

Oklahoma this year passed the Advancement in Stem Cell Cures and Therapies Act (HB 3126), which is designed to encourage and foster stem cell research using only adult stem cells.  The bill was sponsored by Rep. John T. Enns, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a farming accident in 2004.

 

Mr. McConchie said, "We are seeing amazing advances from stem cell research every day.  What most people don't realize is that all of these advances are from adult stem cell research, not embryonic.  Oklahoma can be a leader in cutting-edge research that doesn't violate the sanctity of human life, and Representative Enns' bill leads the way."

 

The Health Subcommittee is hearing testimony as part of an interim study on the bill.

 

Mr. McConchie is available for interviews. 

 

 

About Americans United for Life

Americans United for Life (AUL) is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization whose vision is a nation in which every human being is welcomed in life and protected in law. The first national pro-life organization in America, AUL has been committed to defending human life through vigorous judicial, legislative, and educational efforts at both the federal and state levels since 1971. The Wall Street Journal has profiled AUL, and PBS's Frontline program chronicled AUL's successful efforts in Mississippi.

 

Website: http://www.AUL.org

Blog: http://Blog.AUL.org

 

 

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202-289-1479

 

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