Obama Order Opens Door to Federal Funding of Human Cloning

It’s all in the details. Yesterday, we commented on the expected Obama order to overturn the Bush policy which allowed embryonic stem cell research to continue, but prohibited funding for the destruction of new embryos.

The details of the new order yield new horrifying details and showcase Obama’s brilliant way of selling deception.

• Obama’s order does not limit the destruction of living human embryos for experimentation to the “leftover” embryos in in vitro fertilization clinics. Scientists know there is a limited supply of these embryos so they want federal funds to create new embryos to destroy them for their stem cells through cloning and other methods.
• Obama does not have the authority to overturn the Dickey-Wicker law which prohibits federal funding for “the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death…” He deftly opened the door for Congress to repeal of Dickey-Wicker in the appropriations process. This repeal would force taxpayers to support human cloning and other embryo creation for research purposes.
• Obama made a big deal of the “safeguards” in his order. Baloney. Who is watching out for the embryos being destroyed?
• To complete his anti-life fiat, Obama revoked Bush’s 2007 executive order encouraging the National Institutes of Health to explore alternative stem cell research not dependent on the destruction of human life. In fact, Obama virtually ignored the discovery of iPS cells which have the same pluripotent potential as embryonic stem cells. No one has to die in iPS cell creation.

Obama said on one hand that he respects those who disagree with him. Then he accused those who disagree of being divisive and wanting to politicize science. So, which is it?

Our own Congressman David Obey leads the appropriations process in the House. Wisconsin Right to Life is calling on all Obey constituents to call Obey’s office at 202-225-3365 and urge him to protect the Dickey-Wicker law. This is the only way to limit the horrendous damage inflicted on our nation using our tax dollars by the Obama order.

Barbara Lyons