The ‘One of Us’ campaign underlines the
moment of conception as the beginning of human life, and aims to prevent any
funding of activities which result in the destruction of human embryos,
particularly focusing on areas of research, development aid and public
health (see previous CMF update by Philippa Taylor for more detail).
It was launched
in January 2013 by leaders in twenty European countries and follows a European
Court of Justice ruling in 2011, in a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace, that human
life begins at conception and deserves legal protection (See my previous blogs on the ruling here
and here).
‘One of Us’ is a European
Citizen Initiative, a new method provided in the Treaty of Lisbon for proposing
legislation in the European Union.
Such an initiative must have the support
of at least 7 of the 27 member states and each individual state involved must
collect a minimum number of signatures based on its overall population.
If the campaign gathers one
million signatures, the European Parliament is duty-bound to schedule a debate
on the issue.
So far 180,000 signatures
have been gathered, leaving only 150,000 more required by November 2013.
Currently, European
policies are at odds with the European Court of Justice decision.
Europe today is funding
scientific research that destroys and manipulates embryos and funds
international groups touting abortion.
With the recognition of
life from the moment of conception, Europe’s policies would shift in favour of
unborn life.
How to sign
To take part
in this campaign you must be resident in a EU State, be 18 or over and eligible
to vote in the European Elections.
To sign the
petition you need to go to the ‘One of Us’ website (click here) and follow the few simple
instructions.
It takes
about two minutes from start to finish.
The ‘One of Us’ campaign reminds us that we were all embryos once.
But some scientific research activities destroy human embryos.
Further background
Peter, Where do I sign to save the human embryos please? Thank you-and for all the good work that you are doing. Linda
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