US Bishops to Govt: Don’t Fund Human-Animal Chimera Research
September 5, 2016ZENIT Catholic morality allows for “the respectful use of animals in research that can benefit humanity. But because of the unique dignity of the human person, there are limits to what can morally be done….” The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted comments September 2 to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy on the proposed authorization of federally-funded human/animal chimera research. Comments objecting to that proposal were submitted by Anthony Picarello, USCCB associate general secretary and general counsel, and Michael Moses, associate general counsel. Anyone can join the bishops in submitting comments to the NIH; the deadline is Sept. 6. Make comments here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rfi/rfi.cfm?ID=57 or here (with template): https://www.humanlifeactioncenter.org/take-action?vvsrc=%2fcampaigns The bishops’ comments outlined the USCCB’s…Continue Reading