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Strengthening Families, Protecting Life and Promoting Health > Protecting Innocent Human Life > Stem Cell Research
We oppose using human embryos for medical research. We encourage stem cell research using non-embryo cell sources.We oppose any legislation that would allow for the creation and/or killing of human embryos for medical research. We encourage stem cell research using cells from umbilical cords, from adults, and from any other means which does not kill human embryos. We oppose any state funding of research that destroys/kills human embryos. We encourage the adoption of existing embryos. We call for legislation to withhold state and/or federal funding from institutions that engage in scientific research involving the killing of human embryos or human cloning.

The plank is internally redundant. If you oppose a practice, then of course you oppose funding for the practice!

Embryo adoption is really just embryo donation, already a common practice. And it's of questionable practicality for dealing with surplus embryos. As of 2006, CBS reported 400,000 surplus embryos (link). As of August 2009, only 207 had been handled under this program (source). That is only one twentieth of one percent, or 0.05%. This should not be in a platform document.

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