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From FRCblog.com: While the federal government lurches toward ignoring patients and wasting more taxpayer dollars on unethical, unsuccessful embryonic stem cell research, there are some bright spots in several states where ethics, and real adult stem cell treatments, are being promoted. LOUISIANA Prohibiting Human-Animal Hybrids SB 115 has been sent to Gov. Jindal for his [...]

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The Edmond Sun reports that Oklahoma lawmakers passed 83-0 a ban on the creation of human embryos through cloning for the purpose of harvesting their stem cells. The bill will now go to the Oklahoma Senate.

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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a campaign yesterday to oppose federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. From the USCCB site: Following President Obama’s March 9 executive order, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has proposed guidelines for federally funded embryonic stem cell research. The guidelines would – for the first time [...]

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A new video by the Family Research Council.

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According to the Web version of Congressional Quarterly, Two House members who were the chief backers of legislation to expand embryonic stem cell research are working on a new bill that would codify President Obama’s recent executive order allowing greater federal funding for the research. Their legislation will also contain language allowing the National Institutes [...]

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According to this April 18 article in The Washington Post, the Obama administration on Friday issued compromise rules on federally-funded embryonic stem cell research. The rules would limit research, paid for by taxpayers, to using “excess” embryos voluntarily donated by their parents/owners and offered without remuneration. These embryos are now cryogenically stored in IVF and [...]

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According to this piece from LifeNews.com editor Steven Ertelt (March 31), the National Right to Life Committee is warning members of Congress of a bill it anticipates will seek to overturn the longstanding 1996 Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits the creation of human embryos for research. Writes Ertelt, The NRLC letter says “there is a substantial chance that [...]

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Friends, it is absolutely crucial to understand what Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer is, and what it isn’t. It is cloning; even supporters of SCNT say so, even if only they call it therapeutic (vs. reproductive) cloning. Carefully read this from “California Stem Cell” (CSC), a company that apparently sells stem cells and host of complementary products [...]

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Bill, a poster at GetReligion.org has responded to my second post regarding embryonic stem cell research. Fearing that our playful repartee might be cut off  by the GR powers that be, Bill was kind enough to post here at Bioethike (see Bill’s comment under previous post). Privately, I’ve promised Bill a response. Here goes: Bill: Robert, I [...]

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I’ve been having fun with “Bill” over at GetReligion.org. Here’s my recent reply: What Bill is proposing is that DNA be extracted from a person needing a transplant, say, for a liver. That DNA would be placed in an enucleated oocyte. Embryonic stem cells harvested from this clone (Bill objects to this terminology; let’s call [...]

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