I think you are right. Most people don’t even understand that there is a difference between adult and embryonic stem cells, and even fewer understand that adult stem cells are the only ones that have shown promise in medical research.
An Editor of the Spokane WA Spokesman-Review recently in a wide ranging BDS rant told his readers that Pres. Bush opposed stem cell research, thereby choosing to misinform them by refusing to acknowledge that the Bush Administration increased stem cell research funding, and also that there are no legal bars to private funding of all forms of stem cell research, including the lethal embryonic kind.
So much for keeping the public accurately informed.