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...week ago, Obama announced that he would lift President George W. Bush’s ban on stem cell research. The announcement set the chattering classes aflame. House minority leader John Boehner accused Obama of “further dividing our nation at a time when we need greater unity.” A senior U.S. cardinal called it a “sad victory of politics over science and ethics.” Others, many of whom support stem cell research, responded with particular fervor to Obama’s claim that he was putting science before politics...
...While Obama’s speech was a momentous one, concerned citizens on both sides of the ideological divide should be wary of attaching too much importance to Obama’s decision. The policy shift is simply a matter of degree. Under Bush, funding for research on embryonic stem cells was not prohibited but just limited to the lines already in existence. Though federal money could not flow to new embryonic stem cell research clinics, eight states (and big ones, too, like New York and California) funded their own labs and allowed private funding. While the opening of federal...
...It’s also important to note that the majority of Americans support expanding stem cell research. A recent Gallup poll found that only four in 10 Americans support further restrictions. Claims that Obama is pursuing the pet causes of liberal scientists against the wishes of most Americans are simply incorrect...
...destroying a five-day-old embryo to save a five-year-old girl. But this is an unfair comparison. Yes, the number of available stem cell lines will hopefully reach somewhere in the hundreds, but it will be 120 days before the NIH will even come up with new research guidelines, much less start doling out grants to scientists. Life-saving therapy derived from stem cell research is still many years in the future, and remedies for that girl may not be developed until she is old enough to have five-year-olds...
...Furthermore, the pro-research camp often goes too far in disregarding the significance of embryos as the origins of human life. A recent Crimson editorial (“Cell-ebration,” March 10) used highly misleading language in calling embryos “merely a collection of cells.” Embryos are a far cry from a toddler, but we should exercise caution about starting down the path toward sacrificing human life simply to harvest components for experiments...