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NARAL Hypocrite Keenan Gets Her Just Desserts – Railing Against Obama’s DNC Chair »

By Ani on Apr 1, 2009 in Abortion, Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Obama's Broken Promises, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Stem Cell Research | 58 Comments

From NARAL’s website:
Today Governor Kaine [DNC Chair] announced that he will sign SB 817, which authorizes the creation of a “Choose Life” license plate and will funnel thousands of dollars to anti-choice, deceptive “crisis pregnancy centers.” “We are disappointed that Governor Kaine refused to recognize that when faced with an unintended pregnancy, women need [...]

Stem Cells and the Devil Hiding in the Details »

By Pat Racimora on Mar 8, 2009 in Barack Obama, Executive Orders, Stem Cell Research | 124 Comments

It appears that President Obama is finally going to make good on his campaign promise to lift the restrictions on stem cell research for federally funded projects. Monday may be the day when President Bush’s Executive Order will be reversed. In the meantime a little Devil called the Dickey-Wicker Amendment could toss a [...]

The Fierce Urgency of Tomorrow »

By Chris Martin on Mar 8, 2009 in Current Affairs, Stem Cell Research | 74 Comments

(This astonishing story is bumped up from Friday late because Obama’s action is reprehensible. This story is also up again because it is a perfect intro to PatRacimora’s new cartoon about Obama and stem cell research.)
As far as I can tell, executive orders can be signed relatively quickly and easily. Certainly, it can be [...]

Free the Stem Cells! (You Promised.) »

By Pat Racimora on Feb 18, 2009 in Current Affairs, Stem Cell Research | 59 Comments

(bumped up from early Tuesday afternoon by Susan)

One of the most compelling pledges made by Barack Obama on the campaign trail was the reversal of the executive order set forth by George W. Bush drastically limiting the use of embryonic stem cells in federally-funded research.
It seemed unthinkable that embryos destined for the dumper [...]

[Updated] Is Obama about to crush the hopes of the desperately ill and economic needs of states counting on stem cell research? »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 21, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Executive Orders, Obama Administration, Stem Cell Research | 82 Comments

Bumped up from January 18th. UPDATED TEXT: I have been scouring the news for any definitive indication that Obama is indeed going to strike Bush’s stem cell order, but am unable to find PLAIN LANGUAGE that confirms he will. The best I could find was this “maybe soon, maybe” paragraphs at the Los Angeles [...]