Number 3

The article in the Washington Post titled New Rules on Stem Cells Threaten Current Research was about how the new regulations on Stem Cell Research might hamper the work that has already been done in that field. During Bush’s Presidency, there were about twenty-one lines of stem cells that were aloud to be federally funded. Under the proposed changes, only two of those lines would be considered ethical to work on. Many scientists feel that the new policy would take away from all of the effort that was already put into the research.
I chose this article because stem cell research is still a controversial topic, and I prefer to know a little bit about controversial topics. For the most part, the passage was well written. Substantial background knowledge was given to help the uneducated reader, such as myself, better understand the subject. I would give it two thumbs up.