ACLJ Urges President Bush to Veto Embryonic Stem Cell Bill Passed by Senate

April 11, 2007

(Washington, DC) The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional law, today urged President Bush to veto a Senate passed bill that clears the way for the federal government using tax dollars to conduct research on stem cells taken from human embryos.  The ACLJ also announced it is working to ensure that an effort to override a presidential veto in the Senate fails.

We believe President Bush will fulfill his promise to protect life and veto this abhorrent piece of legislation that amounts to nothing more than a frontal assault on human life, said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, which is opposing the legislation.  This legislation is morally and ethically unacceptable and we are hopeful that an attempt to override a presidential veto will fail.  The need to protect the sanctity of human life has never been greater.  That is why this dangerous legislation must be vetoed and the veto sustained in the Senate.

The American Center for Law and Justice has heard from tens of thousands of people who opposed the Senate bill (S. 5) which clears the way for federally funded efforts to create human embryos for the purpose of research.  The ACLJ said it is urging President Bush to veto the measure and is urging members of the Senate to support the veto.

Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow, the American Center for Law and Justice specializes in constitutional law and focuses on pro-life issues.  The ACLJ is based in Washington, D.C.