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Barack Obama: “As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering. I believe we have…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2009
As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering. I believe we have been given the capacity and will to pursue this research and the humanity and conscious to do so responsibly.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama expresses his belief in the moral responsibility to pursue stem cell research to alleviate human suffering.

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