Michigan Bishops call to defeat Proposal 2

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The Catholic Bishops of Michigan are calling
Michigan residents to spread the word about this proposal and to work for its defeat.

Advocates of embryo research have placed

on the November general election ballot a proposal that seeks to allow for the unregulated destruction of human embryos. The proposed constitutional amendment would also allow for state law to be changed so that human cloning would no longer be banned in the State of Michigan. Embryo destructive research and human cloning go hand in hand; essentially, you cannot pursue the former without the latter. While more than 70 different treatments for debilitating diseases have been discovered by research using adult stem cells, which the Catholic Church strongly supports, Proposal 2 disregards these life-affirming advancements and seeks to promote the intrinsically evil practice of human embryo destruction. Due to the morally illicit nature of this proposal, the Catholic bishops of Michigan encourage all Catholics and people of good will to vote against Proposal 2 on November 4.
Full article: dioceseofmarquette.org/images/file/Stem%20Cell%20Issue/Proposal%202%20Focus.pdf

For info on Proposal 2 and the Michigan coalition, MiCAUSE working for the defeat of this proposal:
micause.org
and
dioceseofmarquette.org/upcarticle.asp?upcID=1694

LANSING – Michigan Citizens Against Unrestricted Science and Experimentation (MiCAUSE) is pleased to announce its co-chairs in the effort to defeat the statewide human embryo research initiative. Sen. Tom George (R-Kalamazoo) and Patricia A. McDonald of Oakland County, a longtime nonprofit healthcare advocate, will serve as co-chairs of the MiCAUSE campaign.