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TAKE ACTION!
BAN SALE AND USE OF FETAL BODY PARTS-SUPPORT ASSEMBLY BILL 305
BACKGROUND
Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) and Representative André Jacque (R-De Pere) have introduced Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 305 to ban the sale and use of fetal body parts procured from induced abortions that take place after January 1, 2015. The ban would not affect research on existing fetal-derived cell lines in Wisconsin, but any person who violates the ban would be guilty of a Class H Felony and be fined up to $5 0,000.
The amended bill passed out of committee on September 10 and is now available for a vote on the floor of the Assembly.
WCC POSITION
The Wisconsin Catholic Conference strongly supports AB 305 and
testified at the public hearing that scientific progress can and must proceed in an ethical manner without commodifying human beings.
ACTION REQUESTED
Please immediately contact your State Representative and urge them to pass Assembly Bill 305. Remind them that:
- Human life is not a commodity to be bought and sold for the gain of others.
- A civilized society treats every human being as an end, not as a means to an end.
- A human being must never be seen merely as a collection of spare parts.
- The sale of fetal tissue and organs is one more example of what Pope Francis has called the "throwaway culture."
To contact your State Representative, visit the Wisconsin State Legislature website at http://legis.wisconsin.gov and click on "Find My Legislators," or call the State Legislative Hotline, 1-800-362-9472.
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