WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to announce on Monday that he is reversing Bush administration limits on federal financing for embryonic stem-cell research, White House officials said on Friday.
The officials said that advocates of unfettered stem-cell research, as well as lawmakers who support it, have been invited to a White House ceremony scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, where the president is expected to make an announcement.
As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama spoke out in favor of the research, so his apparent intention to undo the curbs put in place by former President George W. Bush is not surprising. But it is still momentous, involving a long-controversial intersection of science and personal moral beliefs.
Because stem cells are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body, some scientists believe that they may one day be able to provide tissues to replace worn-out organs or nonfunctioning cells, and thus offer powerful new treatments for diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and other ailments. Some researchers say the stem cells might even be used someday to treat catastrophic injuries like damage to the spinal cord.
But many people have a moral problem with embryonic stem-cell research, because creation of the cells entails destruction of human embryos. For that reason, President Bush ordered in 2001 that federal research be limited to lines of cells that were already in existence, since the embryo destruction for those had already taken place.
Advocates of unrestricted stem cell research, in touch with one another on Friday afternoon, were being told that President Obama would pledge to “keep politics out of science,” said one research advocate, who asked not to be identified by name until more particulars are known. The advocates have called for lifting all restrictions and letting the National Institutes of Health guide the research.
Among the lawmakers invited to the White House on Monday are Senators Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, both Republicans who support embryonic stem-cell research.
The main suspense about what President Obama would do centered on whether he would seek to undo the Bush-era restrictions through legislation or by executive order. The event set for Monday indicates he has decided on an executive order.
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