[Waco]

I was under the impression that federal funding was the issue, not the research itself.

[buckeye12]

The 2008 GOP platform calls for a ban on private research as well.

[wagglebee]

I was under the impression that federal funding was the issue, not the research itself.

You are exactly right and the reason that private corporations aren't willing to put a penny into embryonic stem cells research even though they put BILLIONS into adult stem cell research is because they know a bad investment when they see one.