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University of Michigan researchers kill more embryos, create new embryonic stem cell linesResearchers at the University of Michigan announced over the weekend they killed more human embryos and created two new embryonic stem cell lines which have the genes of human embryos with genetic mutations.Right to Life of Michigan President Barbara Listing said, "It is a sad day when researchers triumph over the destruction of vulnerable, innocent human life." In 2008, Michigan voters were promised a plethora of cures with the passage of Proposal 2. The result is not what people expected, Michigan's Constitution was negatively altered to allow for the destruction of human embryos. Researchers are now saying the cells they created by killing human embryos aren't "necessarily going to drive us toward discoveries of stem cell replacement therapies, but will give us information we've never had before with regards to how the diseases form and progress." Instead of providing the previously promised cures, researchers now admit they wanted to kill human embryos so they could do basic research on how diseases form and progress. How many Michigan voters were manipulated into voting for Proposal 2 based on the illegitimate promise that allowing Michigan researchers to kill human embryos would revolutionize medicine? It seems researchers knew all along that the destruction of human lives would merely help them gather more information.The University of Michigan is also in the process of attempting to collect more human embryos with genetic diseases which they hope to kill for their stem cells. Ed Rivet, Legislative Director for Right to Life of Michigan said, "If you look at the history of ethical research, we don't destroy an individual with a disease in order to find cure for the disease.Human life starts at the moment of conception. Tiny human embryos have unique genetic blueprints that have already decided if they will be a boy or a girl and if they will have blue, green or brown eyes. These are facts that we cannot forget.Listing said, "We reject the taking of innocent human life to resolve the challenges of life itself." Upcoming budget vote on Planned Parenthood funding Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and President Obama are engaged in negotiations about which federal programs should be reduced or eliminated for the remainder of the current federal fiscal year. An amendment offered by Congressman Mike Pence (R-In.) to cut off federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and 102 named PPFA affiliates is part of the appropriation bill negotiations. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion business in the United States. Throughout the debate on de-funding Planned Parenthood, representatives of Planned Parenthood have often claimed women who use Planned Parenthood's non-abortion services will have nowhere to turn if Congress votes to prevent federal tax dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. Despite Planned Parenthood claims, there are more than 140 community health centers in Michigan which served nearly half a million people in 2008. Contact your two U.S. Senators and U.S. House member today and let them know: "I support the Pence Amendment. I do not want my tax dollars going to Planned Parenthood."