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Obama carries out his Promise to Overturn Bush-era Stem Cell Policy

Monday, March 9, 2009

As promised last week, President Obama signed the executive order on the stem cell issue today. He was very critical in his remarks to scientists watching President Obama sign the bill in the East Room. He was highly criticized how President Bush poorly handled science when he was in office. As he put it, "Promoting science isn't just about providing resources, it is also about protecting free and open inquiry," Obama said. "It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology." Political reaction was split down party lines for the most part, as Democrats praised his actions, and Republicans highly criticized his actions saying that they were wrong. Some of the Republicans did praise Obama's actions.
But what did Obama actually do by signing the bill today, providing more federal funds to Embryonic Stem Cell Research? In his campaign Obama said he would signed the order that on stem cell research that supporters believe could uncover cures for serious ailments from diabetes to paralysis. Some of his supporters included Nancy Reagan, late actor Christopher Reeves, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Harry Reid, and Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenagger.
The president continued, "I cannot guarantee that we will find the treatments and cures we seek. No president can promise that. But I can promise that we will seek them actively, responsibly, and with the urgency required to make up for lost ground." "When government fails to make these investments, opportunities are missed. Promising avenues go unexplored, "Obama said.
When it came to human cloning, he said, "We will develop strict guidelines, which we will rigorously enforce, because we cannot ever tolerate misuse or abuse," Obama said. "And we will ensure that our government never opens the door to the use of cloning for human reproduction. It is dangerous, profoundly wrong, and has no place in our society, or any society."

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