Reading Ken Blanchard's post below, I noted this quote he culled from the Chicago Tribune:
Those who opposed use of human embryos for research credit Bush's refusal to lift restrictions for spurring the breakthrough. Bush's critics argue that his restrictions slowed progress in the field and likely discouraged some researchers from entering it.
In fact, I believe that one of the research breakthroughs on adult stem cells that was announced this week was funded by the Bush Administration via the National Institutes of Health. I know I read that somewhere, but it's been a long Turkey Day and I am not going to bother looking it up. So indeed the Bush policy, far from slowing progress, actually sped up the process.
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