LifeNews: "And Advocates International, part of the public interest legal team along with the Alliance Defense Fund litigating the case for stem cell researchers opposed to Obama's order, also weighed in with a response."

97.9% of precincts reporting 55.49% YES, 44.51% NO.

". . . science itself has ended the debate . . . Nowadays, everyone wants a bailout. Embryo-destructive scientists are only the latest group to claim they're too big to fail, when in fact they've never succeeded . . . "

"The Obama administration announced today that it will appeal a federal judge's decision striking down President Barack Obama's executive order forcing taxpayers to fund embryonic stem cell research."

Russell Korobkin writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Judge Lamberth surprisingly interpreted Dickey-Wicker to prevent the use of tax dollars to support researchers who do any work using hESC lines as an input. One might at least plausibly argue for this result based on the principle that underlies Dickey-Wicker: that is, if Congress’ goal is to avoid dirtying the federal government’s hands with complicity in the destruction of embryos, perhaps research that relies on embryo destruction somewhere upstream should be ineligible for funding. But Lamberth claims that his result is supported by the unambiguous language of the Amendment. I find this argument utterly unconvincing."

FOX News: "The White House said Tuesday it wants to press ahead with federally funded stem cell research amid fears by some private groups that a judge's ruling will block important scientific work. The Obama administration is exploring all possible avenues 'to make sure that we can continue to do this critical lifesaving research,' Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton told reporters in Vineyard Haven, Mass."

The Roanoke Times: "Cuccinelli concluded that two state regulatory boards already have the authority to issue regulations governing abortion facilities and providers of first-trimester abortions . . . [Gov. Bob McDonnell] spokesman Tucker Martin said the administration will review Cuccinelli's opinion before making any decisions, but made the governor's stance clear. 'The governor is a long-standing supporter of ensuring that abortion clinics, and their medical personnel, are treated equally with other outpatient surgical hospitals by the commonwealth to ensure services are provided in a safe manner,' Martin said."

Canada Free Press: "Those who will do anything possible to quash dissent regarding the issue of abortion were foiled once again on Wednesday, August 18, 2010. The case against David Avignone, an MBA student at Chicago’s Loyola University, was dropped by the City of Chicago."

ChristianNewsWire: "The San Marcos City Attorney's office confirmed yesterday that it has dismissed all criminal charges against Elena Di Ventra that arose out of a loitering citation she received in May 2010. The sidewalk counselor was represented by Life Legal Defense Foundation staff attorney Allison K. Aranda."

Associated Press: "The White House says federally funded stem cell research should continue and is exploring how to respond to a judge's order halting it."

Jonathan Adler writing at The Volokh Conspiracy: "Do parents have a constitutionally protected property interest in the dead body of their child, including all organs? Not necessarily is the answer given by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Albrecht v. Treon, at least under Ohio law as interpreted by the Ohio Supreme Court." | Related post: Ohio Court Debates Rights to Body Parts [1.23.2008]

New York Times: "The ruling came as a shock to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and at universities across the country, which had viewed the Obama administration’s new policy and the grants provided under it as settled law. Scientists scrambled Monday evening to assess the ruling’s immediate impact on their work . . . [Steven H. Aden], senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which sued to stop the Obama administration rules, said the judge’s ruling 'means that for now the N.I.H. cannot issue funding grants to embryonic stem cell research projects without any further order from the court.'"

Liberty Counsel: "Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Mary Susan Pine, a sidewalk abortion counselor, who is being sued by the politically motivated U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) federal law and seeking the maximum fine of $10,000, Holder alleges that Pine 'obstructed' a car entering a Florida abortion clinic nearly a year ago, on November 19, 2009. The suit is entitled Holder v. Pine."

CatholicCulture.org: "In an August 22 editorial, the Boston Globe asked Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley to recommend new conditions on the sale of Caritas Christi, the health-care system of the Boston archdiocese . . . The Globe asked the attorney general to seek a commitment that Cerberus would not sell the system’s 6 hospitals for at least 7 years after the official purchase."

Standard Newswire: "CMA CEO David Stevens, MD, noted, "This case highlights the harm that diverting federal funds away from proven effective research poses to those patients who are waiting for cures . . . Dr. Stevens noted, 'We are grateful for the excellent legal work of Advocates International, and the Alliance Defense Fund in this case, and are proud to stand with fellow plaintiffs Drs. James L. Sherley and Theresa Deisher, Nightlight Christian Adoptions, Shayne and Tina Nelson, William and Patricia Flynn.'"

Associated Press: "The judge's ruling drew praise from the Alliance Defense Fund, a group of Christian attorneys and co-counsel in the suit. 'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments — prohibited by federal law — that destroy human life. The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos,' [Steven H. Aden], ADF's senior legal counsel, said."

LifeNews: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-life legal group that served as co-counsel in the case, also hailed the order that prevents the Obama administration from carrying out its embryonic stem cell research policy while the court considers the lawsuit. 'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments--prohibited by federal law--that destroy human life,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Steven Aden]."

Earned Media (Advocates International): "Advocates International (AI), part of the public interest legal team along with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (GD&C) who brought the case before the court more than a year ago, is pleased with the decision of the United States District Court of the District of Columbia yesterday enjoining HHS and NIH from unlawfully expending taxpayer funds on research involving the destruction of living human embryos."

Ronald Bailey writing at Reason: "The case had been brought before the court by the conservative Christian Alliance Defense Fund and Nightlight Christian Adoptions which wants to put embryos left over from fertility treatments up for 'adoption.' Both argue that deriving human embryonic stem cells kills pre-born people. Given that about 60 percent of Americans support stem cell research using embryos left over from fertility treatments, this ruling will surely spark the stem cell wars anew."

The Christian Post: "'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments – prohibited by federal law – that destroy human life,' said [Steven H. Aden], senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund. 'The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos.'"