Some Pro-Lifers Like New NIH Guidelines on Embryos

Some anti-abortion religious leaders are welcoming new draft guidelines from the National Institutes of Health on embryonic stem cell research as a balanced approach to the controversial procedure. The guidelines, issued April 17, permit federally funded research on stem cells derived from embryos that are no longer needed for fertility treatments. Most embryos that are not planned to be used in fertility treatments are discarded or kept in a type of frozen limbo. The draft guidelines presumably would not allow federal funds to be used to create embryos solely for research purposes. Christianity Today Critics say this is only one step away from creating embryos for research.