President Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, Issues Executive Order Encouraging Methods That Do Not Destroy Embryos

June 25, 2007

President Bush on Wednesday as expected vetoed a bill (S 5) that would have allowed federal funding for research using stem cells derived from human embryos originally created for fertility treatments and willingly donated by patients, the Washington Post reports (Fletcher, Washington Post, 6/21). Bush also issued an executive order to NIH asking scientists to pursue research on stem cells that “are derived without creating a human embryo for research purposes or destroying, discarding or subjecting to harm a human embryo or fetus,” the Los Angeles Times reports (Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 6/21). (Medical News Today)