"Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee on pro-life activities, called Obama's decision "a sad victory of politics over science and ethics," adding that "This action is morally wrong because it encourages the destruction of
innocent human life, treating vulnerable human beings as mere products to be
harvested."
The Vatican's position is that human embryos posses "from the very beginning, the dignity proper to a person."
