New embryonic stem-cell guidelines

The National Institute of Health has issued newguidelines for embryonic stem cell research, in light of President Obama’s desire to remove Bush-era restrictions. Under the new policies, the government will fund stem cell research using–and destroying–extra embryos engendered at fertility clinics and no longer needed. The new guidelines will at least draw the line at engendering embryos just to destroy them for their stem cells. Cloning and combining embryos into two-species “chimeras” will also not be permitted. But still, this new policy will kill viable, transplantable human beings.