It appears Congress will not likely pass a bill that has had pro-life groups concerned by expanding the decision by President Barack Obama to force Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research.

Thanks to the significant gains the pro-life movement made in the November elections, the compressed lame duck legislative agenda and the commitment Senate Republicans have made to a filibustering any legislation without a deal on tax cuts in place, the bills look like they won’t move forward.

Two members of the House have been pushing legislation that would expand Obama’s executive order by overturning the 1996 Dickey-Wicker Amendment. That’s a federal law that prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for the destruction of human embryos...