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DESCRIPTION:The Chief Judge from the U.S. District Court for Washington D.C. issued a 
 ruling stopping all federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. While 
 a panel of judges has temporarily lifted the funding ban, they were careful 
 to note this decision is in no way an endorsement of stem cell research but 
 rather a means to provide them with more time to come to a decision. 
 Embryonic stem cells have the ability to develop into any other cell in the 
 human body and are invaluable for research and potential cures. The 
 District Court ruling has resulted in immediate cuts to tens of millions of 
 dollars of cutting edge research into fundamental questions of cell biology 
 and rapid elimination of federal funding to many lines of current research 
 which offer great promise of medical breakthroughs on conditions including 
 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and many others.\n\nThis push-pull shines a 
 spotlight on the powerful political forces aggressively pushing the 
 fundamentalist Christian dogma that treats a fertilized egg as a full human 
 being, and treats women's bodies as nothing more than incubators. It sheds 
 light on how the assault on scientific discovery and scientific thinking 
 did not end with the Bush presidency. And it points to the great harm done 
 by the Obama administration in leading people to seek common ground with 
 fascist forces.\n\nWhat we need: a determined fight to resist this attack 
 as a crucial part of the battle for revolution and a radically different 
 world.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/11/18658473.php
SUMMARY:Presentation and Discussion on:The Assault on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2425 Channing Way( in the Sather Gate Parking Mall off of 
 Telegraph Avenue).Wheelchair accessible, donations accepted.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/11/18658473.php
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