BS: Stem cell policy to change

Subject: RE: BS: Stem cell policy to change
From: frogprince
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 02:27 PM

If anything, I can better grasp the feelings of someone opposed to invitro fertilization in the first place, as compared to someone who
insists that the only acceptable thing to do with existing embryos is put them in the trash. So far I haven't heard of anyone volunteering to perform a funeral and burial for each embryo.

Give thanks: we may see a lot of needless suffering relieved within a few years.

Subject: RE: BS: Stem cell policy to change
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 01:16 PM

Of course, the opposition is already condemning this

leader of the Pro-Life group in the House


The moralists will-not-get-it that when people differ on such issues, the decision must be left to each individual 'donor'.
If you don't want YOUR stem cells used, say so...leave everyone else's alone.

Subject: RE: BS: Stem cell policy to change
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 12:19 PM

An age when science governs science and medical policy, not religion. What a concept!

Subject: RE: BS: Stem cell policy to change
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 11:18 AM

YES! YES! YES!!!

Obama's Presidency will be known as the Age of Re-Enlightenment!

Subject: BS: Stem cell policy to change
From: Wesley S
Date: 09 Mar 09 - 11:07 AM

Well it's about time. Welcome to the 21st Century folks. This was long overdue.

Story here

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is ending former President George W. Bush's limits on using federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research, with advisers calling the move a clear signal that science — not political ideology — will guide the administration.

Obama was to sign an executive order on stem cells and memo on science Monday in an East Room ceremony, a long-promised move that would fulfill a campaign promise. Advisers said it was part of a broader declaration on science that would guide the administration's policies on matters ranging from renewable energy to climate change.