Posts Tagged as ‘stem cell debate’

February 19, 2009

Stem Cell Debates

New Post article updates discussion regarding impending federal policy changes. One possible change:
Among the issues the guidelines will address is whether funding should be limited to cells from leftover embryos that are destined for destruction at infertility clinics.
The arguments by opponents to “liberalization” of federal policy include:
Opponents have argued that research on human embryonic stem [...]

January 23, 2009

Stem Cells – Policy Alternatives – Coalition beliefs

CQ reports two alternatives under consideration by the Obama Administration to revise current federal stem cell policy:
Obama could issue an executive order lifting the restriction — which permits federal funding for research only on those stem cell colonies extracted before Aug. 9, 2001 — and authorize research on all embryonic stem cell lines, as long [...]