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Obama order lifts ban on embryonic stem-cell research.(Inside Track)(Preaident Barack Obama)
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on March 9 that reverses the current ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research. The move overturns an August 9, 2001 executive order issued by President George W. Bush that restricted federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research to the existing 60 cell lines derived from already-destroyed human embryos.
"Rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values," said Obama. "In this case, I believe the two are not inconsistent. 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 conscience to do so responsibly."
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, expressed a contrary viewpoint, based on the fact that embryonic stem cells are harvested from destroyed human embryos. "I believe it is unethical to use human life, even young embryonic life, to ...
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