US court halts government funding of stem cell research

[MagickMuffin]

I didn't see this posted anywhere, but didn't do a refined search. I thought it was rather interesting that the US court is making these kinds of decisions for everyone.

A US court on Monday issued a temporary halt to federal funding of embryonic stem cell research which President Barack Obama had authorized, saying it involved the destruction of human embryos.

US District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled in favor of a Christian group that opposes the research, issuing a temporary injunction that will allow plaintiffs to bring their lawsuit before the court.

"ESC (embryonic stem cell) research is clearly research in which an embryo is destroyed," the judge said.

"To conduct ESC research, ESCs must be derived from an embryo. The process of deriving ESCs from an embryo results in the destruction of the embryo. Thus ESC research necessarily depends upon the destruction of a human embryo," he added.

In March, Obama lifted a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, lauding potential medical breakthroughs and a new era for US science shorn of political ideology.

The president's executive order reversed predecessor George W. Bush's ban, which critics say hampered the fight to find treatments for grave diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.

http://www.physorg.com/news201800584.html

[louis-t]

1. I want to know who appointed this judge.

District court judges appointed or elected? I can never keep that straight.

[jaxx]

2. Ronald Reagan appointed him.

[MagickMuffin]

3. Here ya go .....................

Royce C. Lamberth was appointed United States District Judge for the District of Columbia on November 16, 1987. He became Chief Judge on May 1, 2008.

Judge Lamberth was appointed by Chief Judge Rehnquist to be the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on May 19, 1995. His appointment ended on May 19, 2002.

http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/dcd/lamberth


I believe he is overstepping his boundries, if ya ask me!