Basic genetic research on human embryos already happens in many countries. (newscientist.com)
The ban doesn't change existing policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is already barred from funding research on human embryos. (sciencemag.org)
But since some members of Congress and millions of anti - abortion / pro-life radicals believe that embryo research per se should be illegal, you'd better be pretty careful about which eggs you break if you want to do research on human embryos. (newscientist.com)