Obama and Stem Cells

Well, the horse is out of the barn. Instead of the moral clarity of the Bush approach to federally funded fetal stem cell research, we get the manufactured mumbo-jumbo of the guy who wants it all. This article is particularly insightful when it comes to the holes President Obama has created through which to drive giant research trucks. The President's full-throated condemnation of "cloning for reproductive purposes" contains the "depends what the meaning of "is" is" phrase for this young administration. Cloning for reproduction--bad. What about cloning for research? What about cloning for the creation of additional stem cell lines? This is left unaddressed, and that's the way the President wants it. In one fell swoop, the President has issued payback to the snake-oil salesmen in the fetal stem cell research world AND the pro-choice crowd. A political two-fer for a morally dubious President.