Hmmm, it is also important to me because my Granddad has Alzheimers Disease. However, I will not support research using the stem cells of aborted babies because I believe that abortion is morally wrong in the first place. If no aborted babies' stem cells are used, I am fine with this research.
Now, how do you figure that the prohibition of this research will harm our economy?
If the research isn't done here it will be done somewhere else. Thus, the biotech firms in other countries could gain an advantage. Billions of dollars could be lost if and when cures or treatments for these diseases are discovered by foreign companies.