Originally Posted by vharlow

Stem cells can come from anyone. The recent story about stem cell treatments that cured Class 1 diabetics is just an example of what can be done with them. However, it's not necessary to use embryos. The most valuable stem cell treatments and research have all been from adult stem cells. Great things are happening with this research.

Stem cell research is ongoing. Even embryonic stem cell research is ongoing. What these people WANT is for the government to fund the research. They want government to fund research that calls for embryos.

Without thinking about the unintended consequences such as a market in embryos --- trade for profit of embryos, imagine how many desperate people will be deliberately impregnating themselves to harvest embryos.... imagine people in third world countries who are already selling body parts doing this to themselves. Even if you aren't Christian, if you don't value life enough to think this would be a bad thing for humanity, then understand that it's GREED driving the companies that invested in doing this research and simply EXPECT the government taxpayer to foot the bill so they can continue.

Stem cell research is already ongoing. That's fine. Designating taxpayer dollars to use exclusively embryonic stem cells and creating such horrendous cultural problems is a big mistake.