The President's decision does much more than expand funding for stem cell research. It heralds a shift in the government's view of science, ushering in an era that promises to defend science — and the pursuit of potentially useful treatments — against ideology. "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," Obama said in his opening statement.
Without discounting the moral concerns that many Americans have in regard to using embryos — which many consider to be fully realized human life — for scientific research, Obama said that moral values do not necessarily preclude the study of embryonic stem cells, particularly those obtained from the pool of 400,000 or so embryos currently stored in IVF clinics around the U.S., most of which will be discarded. "I believe we have been given the capacity and the will to pursue this research — and the humanity and conscience to do so responsibly," he said. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From A to Z.")
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