"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And theres the crux of the matter in my opinion. It never was against the law to study it, you just couldnt use tax dollars. I never have got a satisfactory answer to one small question.
From a capitalist point of view only. If Fetal stem cells are everything they say, and would change medicine as we know it, etc,,, wouldnt it be a no brainer that some private money would happily fund it? It would be like inventing viagra 50 times over.
Kind of odd that *nobody* with a little money thought there was much chance to make the crippled walk again there, huh? Usually capitalists never miss a chance at the big “sure thing”. Curious.