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MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Obama to OK embryonic stem cell research
Plans reversal of Bush policy as alternative adult cells prove successful
February 10, By Jerome R. Corsi © 2009 WorldNetDaily
NEW YORK – In a closed-door meeting with House Democrats at their retreat at the posh Kingsmill Golf Resort in Williamsburg, Va., President Obama gave his "guarantee" he will sign an executive order overturning President Bush's executive order restricting federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Obama's reversal of Bush's policy comes in the face of scientific evidence that more than two decades of embryonic stem cell research have failed to produce medically valuable results, while adult stem cell research has resulted in successful medical treatments for a wide range of illnesses. By using an executive order to approve embryonic stem cell research for human therapeutic uses, the Obama administration plans to bypass congressional discussion and debate, seeking instead to reverse the Bush executive order without introducing any new legislation, the Washington Times reports.
TG: This is not a reversal of Bush's policy. It is a continuation of it, and taking the next step from it. Bush's policy allowed tax funding for experiments on already-existing stem cell lines. Once again, Dubya has held the door open for Obama to walk through. Both executive orders are illegal ways of making laws and are illegal ways of spending tax dollars. Where have all the Christians been for the past eight years when they should've been protesting Bush for allowing tax dollars to support ANY embryonic stem cell research? Had they pressured Bush then, Obama would have to reverse his policy now instead of just walk through the door Bush is holding open like a good gentleman.
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