Congressional and Other Testimony
- Richard Doerflinger, Deputy Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (PDF)
Testimony in Support of “Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2006” before the Health and Government Operations Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates – March 17, 2006
- William Saunders, Jr., JD, Senior, Fellow in Bioethics and Human Rights Counsel, Family Research Council
“Human Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cell Research after Seoul: Examining exploitation, fraud and ethical problems in the research” (Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources) – March 7, 2006.
- Complete Hearing Record (PDF)
- Richard Doerflinger, Deputy Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (PDF)
Testimony before the Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee – February 22, 2006.
- David A. Prentice, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Family Research Council; Founding Member, Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics (PDF)
Testimony on behalf of the Virginia Catholic Conference before the Joint Subcommittee Studying Medical, Ethical, and Scientific Issues Relating to Stem Cell Research for the Commonwealth of Virginia – November 15, 2005.
- Richard M. Doerflinger, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony before the House Health and Government Operations Committee Maryland Legislature In support of House Bill 885 (Senate Bill 272) “Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005” – March 3, 2005.
- Richard M. Doerflinger, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony before the House Health and Government Operations Committee and House Appropriations Committee Maryland Legislature Against House Bill 1183 (Senate Bill 751) “Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2005” – March 2, 2005.
- Richard M. Doerflinger, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- David A. Prentice, PhD, Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Family Research Council
Testimony before the Missouri Senate Judiciary Committee, in reference to Senate Bill 160, which would ban cloning and embryonic stem cell research – January 31-February 1, 2005.
- Wesley J. Smith, Attorney, Author, and Consumer Advocate
- David A. Prentice, Ph.D., Senior Fellow for Life Sciences, Family Research Council Affiliated Scholar, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center – Accompanying Handout
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space – September 29, 2004.
- Richard M. Doerflinger, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Marc H. Hedrick, M.D., MacroPore Biosurgery
- David Prentice, Ph.D., Family Research Council
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space – July 14, 2004.
- Annotated Rebuttal by the Autoimmune Disease Research Foundation to testimony of Robert A. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
- Laura Dominguez, Recipient of Adult Stem Cell Treatment
- Susan R. Fajt, Spinal Cord Injured Recipient of Adult Stem Cell TherapyUsing Olfactory Mucosa Transplantation
- Michel Levesque, M.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the UCLA School of Medicine, and member of the UCLA Brain Research Institute
- Jean D. Peduzzi-Nelson, Ph.D., Department of Physiological Optics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dennis Turner, Beneficiary of Adult Stem Cell Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
Written Testimony to The President’s Council on Bioethics – July 12, 2003.
- David A. Prentice, PhD; Prof. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Prof. of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space – June 12, 2003.
- David C. Hess, MD, Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia
- Joanne Kurtzberg, MD, Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program, Duke University Medical Center
- John W. McDonald, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine
- Jean D. Peduzzi-Nelson, PhD, Department of Physiological Optics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Pablo Rubinstein, MD, Director of Placental Blood Program, New York Blood Center
- Mr. Steven L. Barsh, father of child who suffered from Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
- Mr. Keone Penn, former sufferer from sickle cell anemia
- Mr. Stephen R. Sprague, former sufferer from lukemia.
Testimony before the Maryland State Legislature – March 12, 2003.
- Robert P. George, et al., The President’s Council on Bioethics (letter)
- Alfonso Gomez-Lobo, Prof. of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy, Georgetown University
- Richard M. Doerflinger, Deputy Director of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space – January 29, 2003.
- James Kelly, Patient Advocate for Spinal Cord Injury Research (written)
Testimony before the New Jersey State Assembly – November 4, 2002.
- Don Brancato, Washington University School of Medicine
- James Kelly, Patient Advocate for Spinal Cord Injury Research
- James Kelly, Patient Advocate for Spinal Cord Injury Research (written)
Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies – July 18, 2002.
- Anton-Lewis Usala, MD; Founder and CSO, Encelle, Inc.
Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health – June 20, 2002.
- Leon R. Kass, PhD; Professor of Social Thought, University of Chicago
- Stewart Newman, PhD; Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College
- Judy Norsignian, Executive Director, Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
- Francis Fukuyama, PhD; Prof. of Public Policy, George Mason University
- Richard M. Doerfliner, Assistant Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime – June 19, 2002.
- Jean Bethke Elshtain, PhD; Prof. of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago
- Gerard V. Bradley, JD; Prof. of Law, University of Notre Dame
- Leon R. Kass, PhD; Prof. of Social Thought, University of Chicago
- David A. Prentice, PhD; Prof. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Prof. of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Daniel Callahan, PhD; Director, International Program, The Hastings Center
Testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space – May 2, 2002.
- Leon R. Kass, PhD; Professor of Social Thought, University of Chicago
- Robert A. Best, President, Culture of Life Foundation
- Richard M. Doerflinger, Assistant Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee – March 28, 2002.
- Richard M. Doerflinger, Assistant Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies – August 1, 2001.
- Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD; Founding Editor, Ethics and Medicine; Dean, Wilberforce Forum; Executive Chairman, The Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education – July 18, 2001.
Testimony before the House Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources – July 17, 2001.
- Full Transcript (text)(PDF)
- David A. Prentice, PhD; Prof. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Prof. of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
- C. Christopher Hook, MD; Senior Fellow, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
- John and Lucinda Borden, Parents of Two Children Adopted as Embryos
- Marlene Strege, Parents of a Child Adopted as an Embryo
- Nathan Salley, Survivor of Acute Myloid Lukemia, Treated with Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies – July 17, 2001.
- JoAnn L. Davidson, Program Director, Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies – September 7, 2000.
- David A. Prentice, PhD; Prof. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Prof. of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies – April 25, 2000.
- Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies – February 7, 2000.
- David A. Prentice, PhD; Prof. of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Prof. of Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
An Appeal to Congress on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (2000)
- Christopher Currie, Juvenile Diabetes Patient
Testimony Before the American Academy for the Advancement of Science – August 25, 1999
Testimony from the Press Conference Announcing the Release of the Founding Statement of Do Not Harm – July 1, 1999.
- Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD; Chariman, Advisory Board, The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity; President, Strategic Forum Group, LLC; Founding Editor, Ethics and Medicine
- Richard M. Doerflinger, Assistant Director, Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, National Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Edmund D. Pelligrino, MD; Prof. of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Georgetown University; Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics
- Frank Young, MD, PhD