I'm apalled that you think it was unfair for Christopher Reeves to be alive because equipment was needed for him to breathe. I have a personal stake in all of this...my husband is also a quadraplegic. He was in an accident very simular to Mr. Reeves and has sustained the same injuries, leaving him paralyzed from his neck down and unable to breathe on his own. When I was told of his condition from his doctor, they said he would be nothing more than a talking head. How dare they or you...think that because he cannot breathe on his own makes him any less important! His brain is completely intact and his heart and soul are the same as they were before the accident. We are not wealthy people at all, but thank GOD we have the equipment that allows him to breathe and carry on with his life as normally as possible!
And as for the people that are anti-stem cell research, you obviously don't have someone that you love that could benefit by such a wonderful thing! I am very much pro-life...I don't believe in taking lives albeit abortion, war or whatever, but I do know abortion is legal in this country, not by my choice. And I believe that as long as abortion is legal why not use stem cells from aborted fetuses that would only be discarded anyways to help improve the lives of so many other people. We're not just talking about Spinal Cord Injuries, but Alzheimers, Parkinson's, juvenile diabetes, cancer...the list goes on and on. Unfortunately, all of these have afflicted one or more of my family members and have resulted in deaths...I intend to fight for husband to live and hopefully he will be able to hold our baby again because of the advancements in stem cell research!
SIGGGGGGGGGH.
All this blather about stem cell research from womb murdered babies not being allowed is a big fat lie. All the law says is that US taxpayer money will not go for it. Private parties are free to sink as many dollars into this holocaust justifier as they please.