It's a scarry world and getting scarrier.
Here's stem cell 101 for any newbee's:
There are two kinds of stem cells - ADULT stem cells and EMBRYO stem cells.
It gets confusing, because they even call umbilico cords ADULT stem cells, or if a child uses their own stem cells to cure their disease, it is called ADULT stem cells.
A clue is that with ADULT stem cells, you don't have to kill an embryo.
The reason that the bill will lead to cloning is because there aren't enough embryos for the mad scientists to experiment on so they will turn to cloning.
This gives an excellent explanation, and shows how ADULT stem cells have helped with illnesses, including Alzheimer's, provided by NeverDem.
http://nyscatholicconference.org/pages/our_agenda/show_billDetails.asp?id=94
I have noticed when talking to people on the "liberal" secular humanist side of such issues that they seem incredibly insensitive and jaded almost like they are possessed or under the grip of some evil force.