By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal judge ruled this week that taxpayer dollars can be used to fund embryonic stem cell research, a decision that has renewed the debate over the morality of research that involves the intentional destruction of a human life.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A federal appeals court in Washington DC has decided to allow government funding of embryonic stem cell research to continue while the case against it is pending in the courts.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled yesterday to allow the Obama administration to continue funding embryonic stem cell research while the Department of Justice appeals Judge Royce Lamberth's decision preventing it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The Obama Administration received another stinging rebuke from the federal judge who put a halt to embryonic stem cell research two weeks when he denied a motion by White House lawyers to allow research to continue until the issue is decided.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In what some are calling a "stinging rebuke" of the Obama Administration, a federal court judge rule yesterday that the president's executive order allowing embryos to be used in stem cell research violated an existing law prohibiting the use of taxpayer funds in research that involves the destruction of human embryos.
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