Boo!!
President Obama is wussing out stem cell research, allowing federal funding only for research involving embryos from fertility clinics rather than those created specifically for scientific research. This is the same plan favored by former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN).
Granted, it’s a hell of a lot better than President Bush’s policy to only allow research on existing lines of stem cells and no new ones whatsoever.
But there are important reasons why scientists want to clone embryos for stem cells for scientific research, which apparently Obama will not allow funding for. Among them, scientists want the stem cell DNA to exactly match patients to avoid rejection and other problems.
This is a big disappointment, Mr. President.
UPDATE: Wow, people are jumping to some weird hyperbole in the comments. Are we not suppose to admit it when we disagree with Obama?
I expect Obama to make decisions I disagree with every so often, and I'll diary about it when he does. I'm not critizing him personally. I still love the guy. I just disagree with him on this issue. If that bothers you, get over it.