In the aftermath of President Obama’s executive order on the funding of stem-cell research and human cloning, Democrats for Life of America published the following statement:

“Democrats For Life of America disagreed with the Mexico City Policy reversal but had an opportunity to air our concerns with representatives of the Administration. But the announcement that President Obama would allow expanded use of embryonic stem cells came as a surprise. DFLA has had a productive relationship both with the campaign and the early stages of the new Administration. To have no opportunity to weigh in on this controversial issue signals a cooling of our relations. DFLA is against President Obama’s decision, period. There are workable and successful options available to private sector research operations that use umbilical cord blood and non embryonic stem cells. To frame this decision as a necessity to cure finding medical research is not accurate. While we have zero confidence that a call for reversal of this Executive Order will prevail, we are hopeful that the President will heed our call for common ground solutions in dealing with pro-life Democrats.”

Moral Accountability congratulates Democrats for Life on their unequivocal condemnation of President Obama’s executive order. We hope that all pro-lifers who supported Barack Obama will join pro-lifers like ourselves who found Obama’s denial of the inherent and equal dignity of every human person unacceptable in opposing each and every attack on the most defenseless members of the human family.