WASHINGTON— Cardinal
Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York and Chairman of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued
a statement today applauding initial steps taken by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to terminate a Food and Drug Administration contract to purchase
aborted baby parts for research, but urging quick action to cease all funding
for research using body parts from aborted babies.

Cardinal Dolan’s full
statement follows:

We applaud Secretary Azar
and the Administration for cutting off ties to a company whose business is to
procure aborted baby parts for research. Not only has this company been
referred for criminal investigation by the House and Senate but using federal
tax dollars for such purposes is unethical and unacceptable.

While we are grateful for
this first step, it remains incumbent on the Administration to act quickly to
cease all funding for research involving body parts from aborted babies. The
question is not exclusively what is permitted by law, but what is right and
just. For the federal government to create a demand for abortion and use these
children’s body parts for research is wrong. We look forward to receiving
answers to the questions we and other pro-life organizations asked of Secretary
Azar in our September 11, 2018 letter regarding the funding and use of fetal
tissue from aborted babies. Under a pro-life Administration, there is simply no
room for callously using aborted children to further a research goal. This must
stop immediately. Our government should
only use taxpayer dollars for ethical research. —-

Keywords: United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archdiocese of
New York, pro-life, HHS, abortion

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