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Current Law Prohibits Federal Funding of Embryo-Destructive Research.(Brief Article)
As discussed in the adjacent article by Richard Doerflinger, the Clinton-Gore Administration promulgated guidelines for federal funding of research in which human embryos will be killed in order to obtain their "stem cells." Operating under these guidelines, the federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting grant requests for such research, with a March 15 deadline.
However, the Bush Administration has begun a review of the issue. As Mr. Doerflinger discusses in his article, it is hoped that the review will conclude that the type of funding proposed by the Clinton Administration guidelines is clearly in violation of federal law.
Since 1996, a provision of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) appropriations bill has flatly prohibited federal funding of any "research in which" human embryos are harmed or placed at risk. This law is known as the "Dickey Amendment," after its author, former Congressman Jay Dickey (R-Ar.).
The Dickey Amendment was renewed for Fiscal Year 2001 on December 21, 2000, when President Clinton signed a ...
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