Pro-life leaders are raising the alarm regarding the “Ice Bucket Challenge” that has raised millions of dollars for the ALS Association.

The ALS Association supports destruction of human embryos so they can be used in research.

“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.

“Embryonic stem cell research, which requires the destruction of pre-born people, is inherently unethical and a violation of fundamental human rights, and even materialists must admit that promises of its benefits have failed to deliver. There is no good reason to condone this practice; in fact, all it does is taint the ALS Association, whom I’d otherwise be happy to support.”

The Catholic Church has also come out against the challenge on the sole basis that the ALS Association endorses embryonic stem cell research.

Father Michael Duffy suggests that as an alternative, Christians give to the John Paul II Medical Research Institute because they do research without using embryonic stem cells.