The taxpayer funding is also very problematic when you consider how many people do not want their taxes used for this particular research; why not put it to a vote, at the very least?! Which reminds me...I wonder how the state-funded embryo research in Kalifornia is coming along?
This thread is about yet another type of stem-cell research (this time from placentas) that does not destroy life but which probably won't take place if Frist's plan to federally fund embryonic stem-cell reserach becomes law: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1457588/posts