re: #6 Erik The Red

I don’t know the science behind this. If the research has merit I am for it. If not this is PR bullshit.

That’s the thing: There is no science behind this. Embryonic stem cells, to the best of my knowledge, have contributed NOTHING that adult stem cells have not already provided. Furthermore, the ban in question only extended to FEDERAL funding, which means that private funding was perfectly acceptable toward this cause.