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Congress to Vote on Pro-Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Later This Month |
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Members of Congress are expected to vote later this month on legislation that would force taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research. The bill is a response to a judge's decision saying the executive order President Barack Obama issued to mandate funding violates a federal law.
Judge Royce Lamberth's decision said the order runs afoul of the Dickey-Wicker law Congress has approved annually since 1996, which prohibits taxpayer funding of research that destroys human embryos.
The Obama administration has appealed the decision, but pro-abortion Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado is pushing for the House to approve her bill that would essentially repeal the law and authorize the embryonic funding Obama wanted.
In an interview with Politico this morning, DeGette says she believes momentum is building for the legislation in the wake of Judge Lamberth's decision and she believes her bill will pass this month.
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Source: LifeNews.com (9.3.10)
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Congressmen Seek to Undermine Embryonic Stem Cell Ruling by Changing Law |
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Members in both chambers of U.S. Congress are angling to alter federal law in order to undermine a district court judge's temporary injunction that effectively puts a stop to the onset of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem-cell research.
U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled last Monday that Obama's March 2009 Executive Order, which permitted public funds for the research involving the destruction of embryonic human beings, directly conflicted with federal law known as the Dickey-Wicker amendment. The amendment prevents taxpayer monies from funding research in which embryos "are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death."
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Source: LifeSiteNews (8.30.10)
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Obama appeals stem cell ruling; some work to stop - NECN, 8.25.10 |
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Poll: 57% of Americans Oppose Tax Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
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On the week in which a federal judge ruled that President Barack Obama's executive order forcing Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer funds violates a federal law, a new poll shows a majority of Americans opposed tax-funding the controversial and unproven research.
Only 33% of U.S. voters believe that taxpayer money should be spent on embryonic stem cell research, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Fifty-seven percent of Americans say funding for the research, which has never helped any patients and requires the destruction of human life to facilitate, should be left to the private sector.
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Source: LifeNews.com (8.27.10)
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Judge Forces Obama Admin to Stop Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research |
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A federal judge on Monday issued a decision forcing the Obama administration to stop funding embryonic stem cell research with taxpayer funds. The judge ruled the executive order Obama issued allowing such funding contravened a federal law prohibiting taxpayer funding of the destruction of human embryos.
U.S. district court Judge Royce Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction against the funding.
Judge Lamberth's ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by stem cell researchers who said the Obama executive order and subsequent funding from the National Institutes of Health violated the Dickey amendment.
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Source: LifeNews.com (8.23.10)
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Groups Behind Lawsuit Applaud Decision - LifeNews.com, 8.24.10
Judge Puts Obama Stem Cell Policy on Hold - The Washington Times, 8.23.10 |
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Adult Stem Cells Succeed for Lethal Disease |
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University of Minnesota researchers have used non-embryonic stem cells to treat successfully children with a lethal skin disease.
Another team of researchers, meanwhile, reported Aug. 16 they had used a different form of non-embryonic stem cells to provide therapies for laboratory rats with Parkinson's Disease.
Using adult stem cells from donor bone marrow or donor umbilical cord blood, the Minnesota scientists treated children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a severe form of epidermolysis bullosa (EB). EB, which also affects the lining of the mouth and esophagus, causes skin to blister, which can lead to infections and a virulent form of skin cancer. The disease has been regarded as incurable. Most children with EB do not survive their 20s.
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Source: Baptist Press (8.20.10) |
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