http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/24/judge-obamas-expansion-of-stem-cell-research-violates-federal-law/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/24/judge-obamas-expansion-of-stem-cell-research-violates-federal-law/comment-page-1/#comment-253540 Zachary Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:51:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=19266#comment-253540 Stop impeding medical science because Jeebus will cry! Stop impeding medical science because Jeebus will cry!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/08/24/judge-obamas-expansion-of-stem-cell-research-violates-federal-law/comment-page-1/#comment-252932 jdmimic Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:31:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=19266#comment-252932 This seems a ridiculously narrow interpretation of the words of the amendment and hardly what I think the Congress intended. Research may be a long, continuous process, but it certainly can be partitioned into discrete units as anyone who has ever done research knows. I can't comprehend them not appealing this ruling. This ruling makes about as much sense as telling a woman she can't give birth at a federally funded hospital because labor runs an inherent risk to both mother and infant. Regardless of one's views on abortion (which, let's face it, is why the Congress put this ban in place), it makes more sense to me to gain some benefit out of the inevitable loss of some embryos rather than dispose and forget. The parents could gain the peace of knowing that, even if they couldn't see the baby grow up, their progeny is still helping to save the lives of millions of people. This seems a ridiculously narrow interpretation of the words of the amendment and hardly what I think the Congress intended. Research may be a long, continuous process, but it certainly can be partitioned into discrete units as anyone who has ever done research knows. I can’t comprehend them not appealing this ruling. This ruling makes about as much sense as telling a woman she can’t give birth at a federally funded hospital because labor runs an inherent risk to both mother and infant.
Regardless of one’s views on abortion (which, let’s face it, is why the Congress put this ban in place), it makes more sense to me to gain some benefit out of the inevitable loss of some embryos rather than dispose and forget. The parents could gain the peace of knowing that, even if they couldn’t see the baby grow up, their progeny is still helping to save the lives of millions of people.

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