Stem-Cell Research - news
Obama order also nixed ethical stem cell grants left over from Bush administration
Largely overlooked in President Obama’s March 9 order lifting a ban on federal funds for stem cell research that destroys human embryos was his revocation of a policy promoting grants for ethical experiments. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 12, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, National, Science, Bioethics
Critics: Stem cell order unethical & unnecessary
President Obama overturned March 9 a prohibition on federal funding of stem cell research that destroys embryos, drawing protests from supporters of the previous policy who said his action is both unethical and unnecessary. more »
by: Tom Strode - Mar 10, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
Land: Obama’s order ‘attempt to remove morality from scientific research’
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land decried President Barack Obama’s March 9 executive order overturning the prohibition on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). more »
Mar 9, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Cloning, Stem-Cell Research
Stem cell breakthrough could make ethical debate moot
WASHINGTON—A bill that would drastically expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research has been re-introduced in the Senate, but British and Canadian researchers announced a scientific breakthrough March 2 that could change the course of stem cell research and eventually make the ethical debate moot. more »
by: Michael Foust - Mar 3, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research
Obama administration moves to rescind protections for pro-life health-care workers
WASHINGTON—Siding once again with abortion rights advocates, the Obama administration took the first step Feb. 27 toward unraveling Bush administration regulations meant to protect health-care workers from being forced to take part in abortions and other medical procedures to which they morally object. more »
by: Michael Foust - Mar 2, 2009 - comments: 2 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Stem-Cell Research
Bipartisan letter backs pro-life ‘riders’
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 180 House representatives sent a letter to Democratic leaders Wednesday requesting the renewal of so-called congressional “riders” that prevent taxpayer funding of abortion and embryo experimentation. more »
by: Michael Foust - Feb 27, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
Bioethicist: Lots of ‘hype’ in embryonic stem cell research
WASHINGTON—The demand for more human embryos and money to underwrite research on them is spreading the false impression the United States is falling behind in stem cell research, a leading pro-life bioethicist says. more »
by: Yvette Rattray - Feb 25, 2009 - topic(s): Life, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Protect life, pope tells Pelosi
Pope Benedict XVI delivered a pro-life message to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi when she visited the Vatican Feb. 18.
The meeting illustrated the divide that exists between the Roman Catholic Church, which champions the sanctity of human life in its teachings, and many American politicians who support abortion rights despite being Catholics. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 23, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research
LIFE DIGEST: Obama stem cell order ‘soon,’ adviser says
President Obama’s promised executive order to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) likely is near, a senior adviser said Feb. more »
by: Tom Strode - Feb 16, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, End-of-Life Issues, Stem-Cell Research, Science, Bioethics
A long four years
As expected, one of the first actions of newly-inaugurated U.S. President Barack Obama was to begin the process of dismantling federal restrictions on abortion that had been put in place by his predecessor, pro-life President George W. more »
by: William H. Perkins, Jr. - Feb 15, 2009 - comments: 1 - topic(s): Life, Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, Citizenship, Legislation