Contact: Kimberly Zenarolla, NPLAC, 202-494-4410, kzenarolla@nplac.org

WASHINGTON, July 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- This Monday, July 17, 2006, at 1:15 pm representatives from the National Pro-Life Action Center on Capitol Hill (NPLAC)—in conjunction with representatives from several other organizations—will hold a press conference to address why the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research is ethically, morally and financially corrupt.  The press conference will include moral positions on the controversial Santorum-Specter “compromise” bill. 

The press conference begins at 1:15 p.m. immediately following Senator Brownback’s press conference at noon.  The location is yet to be announced.

“There must be a vision guiding our scientific experimentation, a vision that respects all human life from the first moment of its existence,” stated Kimberly Zenarolla, director of strategic development for NPLAC.  “This so-called compromise legislation leaves the door open for the manufacture of defective embryos and the exploitation of economically disadvantaged women for their eggs.”  

DETAILS:
WHO:
Dr. Paul Schenck, National Pro-Life Action Center
Kimberly Zenarolla, M.T.S-National Pro-Life Action Center
Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Christian Defense Coalition
Dr. David Mosher, National Clergy Council
Rev. Robert Schenck, Faith and Action
And others

WHAT: 
Press conference on federal funding of Stem Cell Research

WHERE:
Location to be announced

WHEN: 
1:15- 1:45 p.m., Monday, July 17, 2006