Bush does not ban stem cell research, he restricts federal funding for it.
Now if stem cell research is so promising, and can cure all these diseases in good time, wouldn't that mean the pharmaceutical industry would be investing like crazy in it?
Think about this, the amount of money they could make if this stuff works out even half as good as people hope.
But these companies don't pour money into research do they? No, why? Because they know that its a pie in sky like fetal tissue research was. Its not a moral issue to them, its a financial issue, that silence you hear, is the true feelings about those who would have the most to gain if this would work.
The Dems current fascination with stem cells ultimately has nothing to do with stem cells and whether they have any promise or not. Most of them could care less one way or the other about that. The issue is abortion. Abortion, abortion, abortion. They think that if they can get the public to accept the creation (and destruction) of embryos for this purpose, then all the opposition to abortion will cease too.