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William F. Bolan, Jr., J.D., Executive Director

N E W S R E L E A S E
CONTACT: William F. Bolan, (609) 599-2110
Date: January 5, 2004

STATEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF NEW JERSEY ON
HUMAN STEM CELL RESEARCH (S1909/A2840)

We are deeply distressed that a bare majority of the Legislature has passed and Governor McGreevey has signed the human embryonic stem cell research bill into law. We believe it is more important than ever to stand for the principle that government must not treat any living human being as research material, as a mere means for benefit to others. Research that relies on the destruction of some defenseless human being for the possible benefit to others is morally unacceptable. We do not want a world where life is a commodity, manufactured and destroyed at will to serve others.

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