The Court made the atrocious distinction that research on stem cell lines does not actually kill or harm embryos because the stem cell lines are no longer embryos. Of course, that is because the embryos have already been destroyed in order to obtain the stem cell lines. The Court stated, “Dickey-Wicker permits federal funding of research projects that utilize already-derived [embryonic stem cells]—which are not themselves embryos—because no ‘human embryos or embryos are destroyed’ in such projects” (emphasis in original).
In other words, the government will fund any research using human embryos, as long as the researchers kill or harm the embryos before getting the money. This is a clear distortion of the intent and spirit of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment…
Mailee Smith from Americans United for Life
has more on the Court of Appeals decision (unconstitutional as well as immoral) which allows the Obama administration to continue funding destructive embryo research.
