[RicocheT]

The only US government restriction is that no federal tax dollars are to go directly to embryonic stem cell research.

There is no restriction on or lack of money for private funded embryonic stem cell research here or abroad. One rich private foundation that is funding embryonic stem cell research is the Howard Hughes Medical Foundation. It has almost as much money as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

[windchime]

Thank you for clarifying.  

Yes, the basis of the issue is the expenditure of federal tax dollars for embryonic stem cell research.  Like the left, I failed to mention that important fact.