So important that he was clear in his goals.

A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut ethical corners, and that recognize the matchless value of every life. Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research–human cloning in all its forms … creating or implanting embryos for experiments … creating human-animal hybrids … and buying, selling, or patenting human embryos. Human life is a gift from our Creator–and that gift should never be discarded, devalued, or put up for sale.

I wish a bit he added a sentence specifically knocking so-called therapeutic cloning and praising the real promise and progress of adult-stem cells. But how much can he say in a SOTU? It’s a paragraph. That’s significant. Suggests it’s a priority.