ABORTING RESEARCH:

Stem Cell Research Is Slowed by Restrictions, Scientists Say (SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, September 26, 2002, NY Times)

A parade of frustrated scientists told a Senate subcommittee today that research on human embryonic stem cells was moving exceedingly slowly because of the severe restrictions that President Bush has imposed on federal financing for the work.

"The field of human embryonic stem cell research is in a fragile state at best under the current presidential policy," said Dr. George Q. Daley of the Whitehead Institute in Boston, adding that the policy "threatens to starve the field at a time when greater nourishment is critical."

Charles Murtaugh often wonders what President Bush has done to keep pro-lifers happy: how about strangling human experimentation in its crib?
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2002 8:15 AM