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From my e-mail from AFA:

“This week—probably on Thursday, June 7— the U.S. House of
Representatives will vote on a bill (S. 5) to fund research
that requires the killing of human embryos. The Senate
passed this bill in May and now the House will vote on it.
Sponsored by Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Tom Harkin
(D-Iowa), S. 5 will send your tax dollars to research on
human embryos that supposedly are “leftover” from in vitro
fertilization. Instead of promoting the adoption of these
human embryos, this bill would require their death.

As you may know, President Bush has decided that such
research involve cells taken from human embryos could be
funded so long as the cells were obtained on or prior to
August 9, 2001. Since then, the government has funded
research on over 22 stem cell lines. Fortunately, the
President’s policy erected a wall and does not encourage
the further killing of human embryos for these cells.

The Reid-Harkin bill will tear down this wall permanently!

Just as abortion is currently legal, sadly, killing human
embryos is completely legal. As a result, this week’s
debate is really about federal funding. We don’t federally
fund abortion even though it is legal. Likewise, liberals
should not force U.S. taxpayers to fund research that
requires the killing of embryos. Last July, President Bush
vetoed a similar bill and the House upheld the veto. This
year, the battle has become more intense. The House passed
a similar bill (H.R. 3) in January. The Senate then passed
a slightly different version in April, which the House will
now vote on and send it to the President. We expect the
President to veto S. 5. The House does not have the votes
to overturn a veto, but we must make sure no Members who
opposed H.R. 3 in January switch their votes to support S.
5.

Please contact your Representatives and let them know that
you strongly oppose S. 5. Click here to send them an email
opposing S. 5. Or call right away at 202-224-3121 and ask
for your senators’ offices.”