[NYer]

Embryonic stem cells are blank cells found in four- to five-day-old embryos, which have the ability to turn into any cell in the body. However, when stem cells are removed, the embryo is destroyed -- which has made this one of the most controversial medical research fields in the past decade.

Federal research funds were prohibited for embryonic stem-cell research until August 2001, when Bush approved spending for research using only already-existing cell lines. Scientists later discovered that fewer than two dozen of those lines were useful for research, but abortion opponents opposed any legislation that would lift Bush's restrictions, and Bush twice vetoed congressional efforts to roll back his rules.

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And it's only day 3 of the new administration!

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[livius]

I notice that Obama avoided issuing the order overturning the Mexico City rule, and I think he is actually a little intimidated by the bishops and the united front (generally) they have presented. Obama is afraid of them because he knows that many of them are onto him and know how radically anti-Christian his agenda is. He wants to avoid calling their attention again and getting into a fight he can’t win.

But watch for more things like this to happen: administrative decisions, slipped out quietly and without fanfare, that will go along steadily, one by one, overturning all protections on human life. But he’s going to keep his head down and just make it seem like the automatic workings of the bureaucracy, independent of him and for which he takes no public responsibility.

[TASMANIANRED]

Satan is very, very active..

Not only immoral but it is a waste of money.