Everyone should be talking about the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.
Well, according to the wise stem cell advocate who posted this statement on a cluttered message board, anyway.
Regardless of whether or not his attempts to bring the Dickey-Wicker Amendment into the stem cell debate will be successful, he’s right – Everyone should be talking about it.
Why?
Because it has prohibited the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) since 1995 from using appropriated funds for the creation of human embryos for research purposes or for research in which human embryos are destroyed.
In other words, embryos destined to be tossed out at in vitro clinics will not be used for revolutionary stem cell research that could one day save millions of lives.
Instead, they will be dumped and discarded because of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment.
Unfortunately, no matter how many executive orders are put in place to lift stem cell funding restrictions, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment will choke off scientists from much needed research cash as long as it is in effect.
Knowing this, why isn’t everyone talking about it?
Stem cell advocates and enthusiasts should be marching in the streets to have this amendment overturned.
Hopefully… for the sake of science, they will.