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A Pro-Life Problem with the Ice Bucket Challenge

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 Some pro-life leaders are declining to participate in the viral "ice bucket challenge" to raise money for the ALS Association's efforts to find a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease.

The ALS Association supports the destruction of human embryos for research, they say, and while finding a cure for a horrible disease is honorable, the ends do not justify the means.

"It is noble to combat a deadly disease, and the ice bucket challenge definitely puts a fun spin on philanthropic efforts. That's why it's such a shame that the ALS Association, while striving to save some people, chooses to support research that thrives from experimenting on and killing tiny, innocent human beings," Lila Rose, president of the pro-life advocacy group Live Action, said in a statement.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/dont-do-ice-bucket-challenge-says-catholic-leaders-lila-rose-here-is-why-125177/

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