{"id":2008,"date":"2009-07-07T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2009-07-07T12:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-07T16:09:00","slug":"stem-cell-research-unexplored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=2008","title":{"rendered":"Stem Cell Research "Unexplored"?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Obama administration has finalized its rules<\/a> regarding embryonic stem cell research.<\/p>\n

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The new rules, which go into effect on Tuesday, follow President Barack Obama’s March 9 executive order lifting a ban on embryonic stem cell research, an order that went into effect under his predecessor, George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

They allow funding for research using human embryonic stem cells created by in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for reproductive purposes and no longer needed, in a departure from the Bush administration’s policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not surprising.  We’ve known this was coming.<\/a>  What I do<\/em> find unbelievable is that the administration is still<\/em> misrepresenting the debate, making it sound like Bush kept all this scientific knowledge away from us.<\/p>\n

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Bush barred federal funding from supporting work on new lines of stem cells derived from human embryos in 2001, allowing research only on a small number of embryonic stem cell lines that existed at the time.<\/p>\n

Using human embryos for scientific research, which often involves their destruction, crossed a moral barrier and urged scientists to consider alternatives, the former president argued.<\/p>\n

In reversing the ban, the Obama administration argued that the promise of medical breakthroughs through stem cell research could not go unexplored.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unexplored?  Adult stem cells have been bringing us these breakthroughs for years, whaddya’ mean "unexplored"?  Adult stem cells have been coaxed into what amount to embryonic cells.  Unexplored?  <\/p>\n

Obama wanted to restore science to its "rightful place".  I’d suggest he restore truth to it first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Obama administration has finalized its rules regarding embryonic stem cell research. The new rules, which go into effect on Tuesday, follow President Barack Obama’s March 9 executive order lifting a ban on embryonic stem cell research, an order that went into effect under his predecessor, George W. Bush. They allow funding for research using […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,55,36,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-ethics-morality","category-science","category-stem-cells"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}