Members of Congress Call on President Donald Trump to Defund Embryonic Stem Cell Research

In a bicameral letter led by House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Values Action Team Chairman Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Senate Pro-Life Caucus Member Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), 29 Members of Congress encouraged President Donald Trump to stop funding for human embryonic stem cell research (hESC).

“We have serious moral objections to hESC. The research relies on the death of young human beings,” the lawmakers wrote. “Human life cannot be reduced to the level of a guinea...