Barack Obama · Democratic · Executive Order
Lifting Limits on Stem Cell Research (EO 13505)
Mar 9, 2009
Barack ObamaHealthcareExecutive OrderEO 13505First term (2009–13)
📜 View the official record — Executive Order 13505 on federalregister.gov
What happened
Reversed Bush-era restrictions, allowing federal funding for expanded embryonic stem-cell research.
How it happened
Executive order signed March 9, 2009 directing NIH to support the research.
Documented impact
Positive impactsubstantiated
Expanded federally funded biomedical research.
Opened federal support to many more stem-cell lines, broadly welcomed by the scientific community.
Negative impactcontested
Opposed on ethical and religious grounds.
Some religious and pro-life groups objected to research using human embryos.
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