Obama Lifts Restrictions On Stem Cell Research

[Heretical Rants]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =101613066

Barack Obama removed restrictions on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research put in place by the Bush administration, fulfilling a controversial campaign promise. He also issued on Monday a presidential memorandum intended to further separate politics and science.

"Medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," Obama said Monday. "They result from painstaking and costly research; from years of lonely trial and error, much of which never bears fruit; and from a government willing to support that work," he said.

I saw this on Fox News the other night, and I actually jumped for joy

[curiosityandthecat]

:yay:  :yay:  :yay:  :yay:  

[Heretical Rants]

I knew we elected him for a reason

[templeboy]

The world has one less superpower impeding human progress. :bananacolor: