The text of Section 509 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, reads as follows:(via sda)
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
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FROM THE COMMENTARY:
"What a joke. If GW did this it would be all over the media, Saturday night live would have epic skits about it.**********
CBC would have a front page somewhat highbrow article and then an info-story about medical benefits of stem cells as a snide attack on Bush's intelligence even though we're all limited by the number of Americans and Canadians who are against it for religious reasons."
"Yet all we hear is virtual silence..."
LAST WORD: "C'mon, I signed it..."
"...you want me to read it too?"
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