The short story seems to be that there are laws in effect that limit the research. The judge alleges that he is simply upholding the law as it is written.
As we know, opponents to stem cell research see this as a victory.
CS Monitor: Why a judge blocked Obama's expansion of stem-cell research
“Had Congress intended to limit Dickey-Wicker to only those discrete acts that result in the destruction of an embryo … Congress could have written the statute that way. Congress, however, has not written the statute that way, and this court is bound to apply the law as it is written.”
In weighing the balance of harms, Lamberth said embryonic stem-cell researchers who benefited under the new guidelines would not be seriously harmed by a temporary injunction because the injunction would preserve the status quo and would not undercut their ability to receive private funding.
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