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Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Support the Patients First Act (H.R. 877)
Oppose the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 873)
Oppose the Stem Cell Research Improvement Act (H.R. 872)
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Source: http://www.lifeissues.org/cloningstemcell/article.html (The below letter has been edited.)

Jane Doe
12345 Main St
Minneapolis MN 55418-3209

Date

The Honorable Keith Ellison [This legislator is used just as an example for formatting.]
1130 Longworth House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington DC 20515-2305

Dear Representative Ellison:

Subject: Please Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Please...
Support the Patients First Act (H.R. 877)
Oppose the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 873)
Oppose the Stem Cell Research Improvement Act (H.R. 872)

Please ban all embryonic stem cell research.

Ethically we can do any type of stem cell research involving human tissue as long as it is not embryonic stem cell research, which always involves the killing of a living human embryo to obtain that stem cell.

Science tells us that human life begins at the union of sperm and ovum. At its first cell, a human being has 46 human chromosomes and is a complete, young person. Killing a living human embryo at day four or five, at week four or five, or at year four or five is killing a living human.

A frozen embryo is just as much a person as is a fetus in the womb. The only difference is location, size, age, and degree of development. The embryo is just a bit younger than the fetus.

We must not say that we can use embryos that will be discarded anyway. We must not for the same reason that we don't take the organs of a criminal who will be legally executed, the same reason that we condemned the actions of the Nazi doctors who used Jewish subjects because they were going to be killed anyway, the same reason that we don't cannibalize the body of a person who was killed in an accident. We have respect for human beings and their bodies, and we must continue to have this respect if we are going to remain a nation.

There have been marvelous and well-publicized advances in adult stem cell research -- both in the varied sources of adult stem cells and in the effectiveness of these cells. No doubt, there is much more to come.

There is a possibility, perhaps a probability, that adult stem cells may function more efficiently and more safely than embryonic stem cells. And adult stem cells don't suffer the problem of rejection.

In polls in which people have been informed as to what an embryo is, the great majority oppose their tax dollars being used in research that involves human embryos.

No matter what, as we rightly and aggressively conduct research with stem cells, let us know with certainty that there are some bridges that we in a civilized society should not cross. We should not deliberately kill one living human to possibly benefit another. Use stem cells? Yes, but don't kill to get them.

Sincerely,

[Signature]
Jane Doe

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