Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
120 Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10005
800-533-2873

Evidence of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International policy taken from their web site: "Embryonic stem cells hold tremendous promise for the treatment of life-threatening and debilitating diseases such as type 1 diabetes"

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
60 Revere Drive, Suite 500
Northbrook, Illinois 60062 USA
Phone: 847-509-1944

Evidence of International Society for Stem Cell Research policy taken from their web site: "There is strong evidence that research on both adult stem cells and human pluripotent stem cells, sometimes called human embryonic stem cells, will be required to achieve these advances."

Evidence of Stem Cell Research Foundation policy taken from their web site: "Both adult and embryonic stem cell research should continue simultaneously as they are both critical to our understanding of the etiology, progression and treatment of disease."

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-326-6400

Evidence of American Association for the Advancement of Science policy taken from their web site: "AAAS Urges United Nations to Endorse Cloning for Research Purposes (November 3, 2003)"

Statement of IRLC Policy

Illinois Right to Life Committee (IRLC) opposes any stem cell research that involves use of embryonic stem cells or human cloning.  Such research requires the killing of human embryos.   

IRLC strongly supports ethical stem cell research.  Stem cells that do not raise any ethical questions are available from adults and children, umbilical cord blood, and even placentas.  Various cells of adults and children can be used to obtain stem cells.  New sources and capabilities of adult stem cells are being discovered on an ongoing basis.