In his ruling on stem cell research funding, Judge Royce Lamberth said the distinction between newly destroyed embryos and embryos that had already been destroyed was false
Federal judge blocks embryo research funding in surprise blow for President
By David Usborne, US Editor
A judge has overturned a decision by Barack Obama to relax rules on funding US government research using human embryonic stem cells which promises to revolutionise medical science in the 21st Century.
Scientists yesterday described the judge's ruling as "an astounding blow to American biomedical research" that threw into immediate doubt tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to support research that holds out the promise of new treatments for ailments ranging from heart disease to paralysis. President Obama last year eased the limits on research placed by his predecessor, George W Bush. The judge's ruling overturning the decision appalled many leaders of the scientific community but cheered right-to-life conservatives.
"It will be incredibly disruptive," said Sean Tipton of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine yesterday. But Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council welcomed it as a "stinging rebuke to the Obama administration and its attempt to circumvent sound science and federal law".
Coppied by http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scientists-attack-court-ruling-against-obamas-stem-cell-policy-2061176.html
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