Op-Ed: The fate of frozen embryos in the US

June 4, 2007

This week, the US Congress is expected to hand President Bush a bill authorising federal funding for stem cell research on the half-million frozen IVF embryos stored in labs and clinics around the country. The president is expected to veto the bill, having expressed the view that a newly fertilised egg, which is what an IVF embryo is, enjoys the same moral status as a full-fledged human being. That won’t be that, however. Given that the majority of Americans favor stem-cell research, the issue is sure to re-emerge until – in the next administration, perhaps – a funding bill passes. (BioNews)