by Carol-Lockhart
Injunction on Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research
Sep 2 2010 in Practical Ethics by Carol-Lockhart
On August 23, 2010, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction against federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, finding that President Obama’s current policy violates the 1996 Dickey-Wicker Amendment banning federal funding for any research that destroys human embryos. Below is a a selection of the news coverage on the ruling:
For background: the ASU Embryo Project Encyclopedia entry on the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.
UPenn bioethicist Arthur Caplan’s reaction.
The Washington Post editorial against the ruling.
The New York Times editorial against the ruling.
A letter to the editor of the International Herald Tribune in support of the ruling.
A collection of letters to the editor of The New York Times on “The Ethics of Stem Cell Research.”