Will DC Circuit allow funding of embryonic stem cell research to go on contrary to law?
ADF attorney available for media interviews following hearing Monday
Friday, Dec 3, 2010
WHO: ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman
WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in Sherley v. Sebelius
WHEN: Monday, Dec. 6, following hearing, which begins at 9:30 a.m. EST
WHERE: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 333 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington
WASHINGTON — Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews Monday following oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Sherley v. Sebelius.
ADF attorneys are co-counsel in the lawsuit with Samuel Casey of Advocates International. Tom Hungar of the law firm Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLC, will argue before the court in favor of upholding a district court’s preliminary injunction barring federal funding of embryonic stem cell research in light of federal law. The appellate court issued a stay of the injunction until it has time to hear the appeal.
“Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said Bowman. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research. In these economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”
Hungar and Brad Lingo--also with Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher--argued the case in district court on behalf of doctors opposed to an Obama administration policy that authorized the National Institutes of Health to fund additional research projects that destroy human embryos even though a federal law known as the Dickey/Wicker Amendment specifically prohibits such funding.
ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.
WASHINGTON — Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews Monday following oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Sherley v. Sebelius.
ADF attorneys are co-counsel in the lawsuit with Samuel Casey of Advocates International. Tom Hungar of the law firm Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLC, will argue before the court in favor of upholding a district court’s preliminary injunction barring federal funding of embryonic stem cell research in light of federal law. The appellate court issued a stay of the injunction until it has time to hear the appeal.
“Americans should not be forced to pay for experiments that destroy human life, have produced no real-world treatments, and violate federal law,” said Bowman. “The district court’s injunction simply enforced that law, which makes sure Americans don’t pay any more precious taxpayer dollars for needless research made irrelevant by adult stem cell and other research. In these economic times, it makes no sense for the federal government to use taxpayer money for this illegal and unethical purpose.”
Hungar and Brad Lingo--also with Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher--argued the case in district court on behalf of doctors opposed to an Obama administration policy that authorized the National Institutes of Health to fund additional research projects that destroy human embryos even though a federal law known as the Dickey/Wicker Amendment specifically prohibits such funding.
ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.