US Appeals Court Overturns Ban On Stem-Cell Funding

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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the federal government can continue to fund research involving human embryonic stem cells, a significant legal victory for the Obama administration.

The divided ruling, by the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, overturned a trial judge's surprise ruling in 2010 that barred funding for the research.

The appeals court, in a 21-page decision, said the National Institutes of Health reasonably concluded that government funding for embryonic stem-cell research is not prohibited by a 1996 law that bars the use of federal money for research in which an embryo is destroyed.
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The dissenting judge, Karen LeCraft Henderson, said the majority engaged in "linguistic jujitsu" to rule for the government.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...29-711579.html

lol @ "linguistic jujitsu"