This morning, President Obama is reversing George W. Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
Newt Gingrich:
"[This is an] ideological sideshow. It is dangerous for the Obama administration to pick a wide series of fights. Each of these fights simply drains energy away and increases the coalition which decides it has a collective interest in stopping everything."
Across the Net.
The AP:
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.
Eric Cantor:
"Frankly, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research can bring on embryo harvesting, perhaps even human cloning that occurs. We don't want that. ... And certainly that is something that we ought to be talking about, but let's take care of business first. People are out of jobs."
The New York Times:
To the delight of patients’ groups and scientists, the order will allow research on hundreds of stem cell lines already in existence, as well as ones yet to be created, typically from embryos left over from fertility treatments that would otherwise be discarded.
AFP:
US President Barack Obama is to scrap a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research on Monday, a move already delighting scientists and vexing conservatives.
[Hat tip: US News and World Report]
