There has been a lovely little story a top the "Breaking News" banner on Free Republic today, about how Obama has now banned stem cell research with signing the omnibus act. This is because the Dickey-Wicker act from 1996 and has been included states """None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death."
But don't panic, read it again.
"None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death."
Meaning, it just says the funds from the omnibus bill can not go to stem cell research, not any funding at all.
Uh..oops.
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