
NY TIMES ARTICLES FOR 03/10/09
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – The embryonic stem cell research debate is steeped with religious arguments, with some faith traditions convinced the research amounts to killing innocent life, others citing the moral imperative to alleviate suffering, and plenty of religious believers caught somewhere in between.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s decision to lift the contentious Bush-era restraints on stem-cell research came with a larger message for all scientists: Follow the data, not political ideology.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scientists are cheering President Barack Obama’s lifting of federal funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, hopeful the move will open the financial floodgates to speed new treatments.
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG – President Obama’s directive to “guarantee scientific integrity” in policy making will not completely divorce science from politics.
By REUTERS – VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s lifting of restrictions on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research puts him at odds with Pope Benedict and the American Roman Catholic Church.
By REUTERS – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed an order lifting eight years of restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research on Monday as scientists gushed, activists cheered and shares in stem cell companies rose.
By REUTERS – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed an order lifting eight years of restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research on Monday as scientists gushed, activists cheered and shares in stem cell companies rose.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top Vatican official for bioethics on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to fund broader research into stem cells.