every thing you posted had already been accomplished by using adult stem cells without killing any children.
But there is a v-a-s-t difference in cells that don't know what they are yet (Embryonic) and those that do (Adult).
Listen .... personally, I'm really on the fence with this issue, I admit. Being a christian and hardcore pro-life there are some things I find that cut across the grain of my core beliefs. Perhaps taking this side of the debate is theraputic and causing me to rethink the issue.
But if I had to choose right now - I'd say if there were a way to extract a single cell from an embryo without damaging the potential the remainder cells would develope into a human baby ..then I'm all in.
ACTC has made a claim, presented white papers and the world has responded by saying, "Prove it".
Well, I'm willing to give them the time and money to do just that. God knows we have spent money in the billions on totaly useless studies. This one, if it can be done would be one of the greatest finds in a century.
We conservatives have no problem sending our young men and women to war - watch them get blown into a million pieces and suck it up, siting drunken driver statistics as a comparison.
We have an opportunity here ... to ease pain and suffering. If I had to chose where my tax dollars go - Ted Kennedy's hookers and scotch or giving hope a child would see again, (pick your ailment) I wouldn't think twice about funding stem cell research.
Now if that line of thinking is criminal - then lock me and others like me up.