A medical director of a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect the lives and dignity of human embryos is disappointed by a recent court ruling to suspend a ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.

The court of appeals has put a temporary, administrative halt on Federal Judge Royce Lamberth's decision to end funding for the research while an emergency appeal from the government is considered. The Department of Justice asked that the injunction be lifted as the decision is appealed, arguing the funding freeze was causing "irreparable" harm to researchers, the federal government, and the patients hoping for cures...