Islam's position on stem cell research

Once again, the Congress and the President are heading toward a showdown on the issue of stem cell research. By a vote of 63-34, the Senate passed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (S5), which eased the restrictions placed in 2001 on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research by President Bush. The House passed its version of the bill three months ago, by a vote of 253-174. President Bush has vowed to veto the bill: “This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all the way through Congress to my desk, I will veto it.” Although polls indicate that a majority of Americans support embryonic stem cell research, this means little to the President, who vetoed a similar bill passed by Congress last year.

<a href="http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islams_position_on_stem_cell_research/0013771">Islam's position on stem cell research </a> (theamericanmuslim.org)