The good news continues.  According to the Washington Post, the National Institutes of Health Monday ordered a immediate halt to all experiments on human embryonic stem cells.  Last week the NIH shelved any requests for new funding for experiments and Monday’s announcement applied to experiments done by NIH.  This was in response to the temporary injunction barring the federal government from funding experiments on human embryonic stem cells.   The judge in the case upheld the law which prohibits the use of taxpayer money on human experimentation through embryonic stem cell research.   The Dickey-Wicker amendment, that has been attached to annual appropriations bills for the Department of Health and Human Services since 1996, prohibits the use of federal funds to support research in which embryos are destroyed or discarded.

 The American people should not be forced to pay for needless experiments–prohibited by federal law–that destroy human life.  Deriving stem cells results in destruction of the embryos; this cannot and should not be paid for by taxpayers.  Expect the battle to move quickly from the courts to the legislature. 

The polls are in our favor; a new Rasmussen Reports national survey shows 57% Oppose Taxpayer Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, but we expect the Congress to move quickly to try to repeal the Dickey-Wicker amendment.