The Media is complicit in the miseducation of the public on this issue. Watch any news story and you'll get the impression that stem cells come only from embryos. There's rarely any mention of adult stem cell, and if there is they are dismissed as inferior to embryonic stem cells.
The best article I've seen on stem cells, very detailed and scientifically sound
The Stem Cell Cover-Up By Michael Fumento
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1142855/posts
it looks like many of the people pushing embryonic stem cell research are not disinterested bystanders, but work for companies that would benefit from more federal funding, but the media swallows it hook line and sinker!
Thanks for the link.