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This is a
press release issued by the National Right to Life Committee
(NRLC) in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at 5 PM
Eastern Daylight Time. For further information,
contact Cristina Minniti, 202-626-8825,
Legfederal@aol.com
U.S. HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
SEEKS VOTES ON HUMAN
CLONING BAN AND UNBORN CHILD PAIN BILL
WASHINGTON
(June 27, 2006) -- The Republican Leadership of the U.S.
House of Representatives today unveiled the "American Values
Agenda," a list of ten bills on which the House leadership
will seek votes before the end of this year. The bill
includes two major legislative priorities backed by the
National Right to Life Committee (NRLC): the Human Cloning
Prohibition Act (H.R. 1357), sponsored by Rep. Dave Weldon
(R-Fl.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mi.), and the Unborn Child Pain
Awareness Act (H.R. 356), sponsored by Rep. Chris Smith
(R-NJ).
NRLC
Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented, "We commend
the House Republican leadership for planning votes on a bill
to ensure that women seeking abortions after the fourth
month of pregnancy are informed about the unborn child's
capacity to experience great pain, and on a bill to ban all
human cloning."
The Unborn
Child Pain Awareness Act (H.R. 356, S. 51) was first
introduced in 2004, and has not yet received a vote in
either house of Congress. The Human Cloning Prohibition Act
(H.R. 1357, S. 658) passed the House in 2001 and 2003, but
has not been acted on by the Senate.
For further
information on the pain of unborn children and the Unborn
Child Pain Awareness Act, click
here. For further information on human cloning and the
Human Cloning Prohibition Act, click
here.
National Right to Life is the nation's major
pro-life organization, made up of affiliated organizations
in every state.
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