From the American Brain Coalition
From the American Brain Coalition - Preliminary injunction to stop federal funding of stem cell research
A U.S. District Court ruled against President Obama’s 2009 executive order that expanded embryonic stem cell research by allowing federal money to pay for research on a few batches of stem cells, citing that it violates a ban on federal money being used to destroy embryos (the Dickey-Wicker Amendment). The judge issued a preliminary injunction to stop federal funding of stem cell research while the lawsuit proceeds through the legal system, which it is expected to do.
Please see the below articles for more details.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/23/stem.cell.funding/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/health/policy/24stem.html
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/08/23/us/politics/politics-us-stemcells-injunction.html?_r=1&hp
American Brain Coalition will continue to monitor and report on this case.
Allison Wainick Kupferman
Government and Public Affairs Director
The American Brain Coalition
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