Obama Tries to Take Moderate Path on Embryonic Stem Cells, Disrupts Left's "Science!" Chant

The White House issues guidelines on government-funded ESCR, limiting it to “excess fertility clinic embryos,” more than enough for the purposes of research but disappointing those who wanted open floodgates. Activist: “I am really, really startled…This seems to be a political calculus when what we want in this country is a scientific research calculus.”