Congress could act fast on stem cell research
11/5/2008 - 4:15pm
Changing the law on embryonic stem cell research will be one of the first moves taken by Congress and the Obama Administration after the President-elect takes office, Rep. Diana DeGette said Wednesday.
DeGette spoke with Obama when he was in Colorado before the election and "he told me it was one of his top agenda items," the Democratic congresswoman from Denver said.
While other issues like the economy and national security are pressing, she said, the stem cell issue has been"vetted." Congress has twice passed her bill expanding funding of the research, and President Bush vetoed it both times.
Obama after taking office office could reverse President Bush's executive order of Aug. 9, 2001 limiting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to already derived lines. But Congress might need to act on legislation to set up ethical guidelines for research or address scientific advances since then, DeGette said.
DeGette spoke with Obama when he was in Colorado before the election and "he told me it was one of his top agenda items," the Democratic congresswoman from Denver said.
While other issues like the economy and national security are pressing, she said, the stem cell issue has been"vetted." Congress has twice passed her bill expanding funding of the research, and President Bush vetoed it both times.
Obama after taking office office could reverse President Bush's executive order of Aug. 9, 2001 limiting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research to already derived lines. But Congress might need to act on legislation to set up ethical guidelines for research or address scientific advances since then, DeGette said.
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Why is this still an issue? I thought that researchers discovered Adult Stem Cells work just as well as embryonic stem cells.