[SandfleaCSC]

FWIW, I agree with Nancy Reagan. While abortion is still unfortunately legal, make use of the stem cells. They show tremendous promise for use in medical applications. I don't see using stem cell material any different than using cadavers for medical research. Maybe something postive, anything positive can come from almost 40 years of state sanctioned murder.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

There's a big difference between using adult stem cells and fetal stem cells. One requires the creation of embryos or the use of material from aborted fetuses.

Perhaps one more eloquent than I can help you understand. Here's a good start: Celling Lies, posted by Sabertooth.

[Notforprophet]

So 40,000,000 wrongs can somehow make a right?

[ExpandNATO]

Let me post two links to the other side of the argument and give the authors conclusion from one article:

The field of stem cell research holds out considerable promise for the treatment of disease and injury, but this promise is not unlimited. There are real, possibly insurmountable, scientific challenges to the use of embryonic stem cells as a medical treatment for disease and injury. In contrast, adult stem cell research holds out nearly equal promise while circumventing the enormous social, ethical, and political issues raised by the use of human embryos for research. There is clearly much work that needs to be done before stem cells of any age can be used as a medical treatment. It seems only practical to put our resources into the approach that is most likely to be successful in the long run. In light of the serious problems associated with embryonic stem cells and the relatively unfettered promise of adult stem cells, there is no compelling scientific argument for the public support of research on human embryos.

First Things, January 2002, The Basics About Stem Cells

First Things, Aug/Sep 2002, Stem Cells and False Hopes

[Coleus]

We do not object to stem cell research. We object to killing embryos and undifferentiated totipotent cells to do stem cell research. The only research that has been successful so far has been adult stem cell research.

Placenta and umbilical chord stem cells also hold promise.

It is wrong to produce life by bringing a sperm and an egg together, to harvest parts.

We have lost God's protection because of abortion, I pity the Human Race in the USA and elsewhere. A blast has a soul, it's a Godlike and living human being the moment it's conceived where it is an genetically individually human life which immediately starts growing the moment it's formed.

Lies about fetal stem cell research!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b3fd0b84dba.htm