President Obama has removed the ban on federal (government) money being used to fund embryonic stem cell research in USA. He said his decision was based on science and not politics. Obama says that he is a man of great faith but this deceision will put him at loggerheads with the Chrisitian right in the US who think that stem cell research is morally wrong because of the sanctity of life argument - the embryo is a human being with rights that need to be protected.
Controversial becasue embryonic stem cell research hasn't yet produced a known cure but scientists say they need more time and money. Meanwhile adult stem cell research has produced some known cures.
11 March 2009
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