Category Archives: Stem Cell Research

Ice Water Challenged I don't support stem cell research that accompanies ALS research. I am not anti ALS research but pro-life. So my donation goes out to Your Loving Choices. I nominate my wife Grace Thorpe. Tom... By: radicalresponse … Continue reading →

Joey ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. We are donating to Midwest Stem-Cell Research Center to combat ALS. They are pro-life as are we. By: Joey Morse … Continue reading →

ALS Association. Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Donen a John Paul II Research Institution! By: Benjamin Montoya … Continue reading →

Brittany Ice Bucket Challenge We are donating to Midwest Stem-cell Research Center to combat ALS. They are pro-life and so are we. By: Joey Morse … Continue reading →

The Newark, N.J., Roman Catholic Archdiocese has told pastors and Catholic school officials that holding ice bucket challenges, a popular fad that has raised millions of dollars to combat a crippling illness, conflicts with church teachings by funding embryonic stem-cell research. The warning was issued in a letter from a church official and with the blessing of Archbishop John J. Myers. It said some of the research funded by the ALS Association, which receives much of the money from the ice bucket challenge, involves embryonic stem-cell research, which is opposed by the Catholic Church because of conflicts with its anti-abortion mission. The challenge involves dumping ice water on participants heads and donating money for research into ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrigs disease. In the letter last week, the Rev. Lawrence Fama, director of the archdiocesan Office of Respect Life, called the challenge a stunt that can be fun and engaging but questioned whether the practice conflicts with Catholic moral teaching. Newark is one of just a few dioceses across the nation that have issued advisories about the ice bucket challenge, which has become a social media sensation. The archdiocese sent the letter Thursday … Continue reading →

Ice Bucket Challenge - Challenge ALS Association I cannot support the ALS Association but have accepted the "Ice Bucket Challenge" to challenge the ALS Association in their embryonic stem cell research, which destroys life days after conception.... By: Fr. Michael Denk … Continue reading →

Coach Ag and the ice bucket challenge Scientifically literate society and all methods of stem cell research NOW. By: MrEvodevo … Continue reading →

Lori Berquam takes the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS Nominated by Chancellor Rebecca Blank, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIWQ-0p0JAs Our Dean of Students, Lori Berquam, takes the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. Learn more about the groundbreaking... By: uwmadison … Continue reading →