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Originally posted by: Freethinker

Wouldn;t that be a seperate issue? One of population growth, not usage of already existing extra embyo's?

Perhaps your question has more to do with the ethics of fertility enhancement? Should couples that are unable to concieve "naturally" be provided extra outside effort?

But what about those already existing embyonic stem cells that will soon be flushed away unless an effort is made to stop it and use them for higly benefitial medical applications?

First off, contrary to what must have been taught in the archaic age when you went to school, a sentence ending in '?' is a question. I have not posed a question in this thread, but made a statement.

That said, it isn't a separate issue. You claim it's outrageous these cells aren't being used for research, that they're just going to waste. I say they shouldn't be mass produced in the first place.

Now, to answer your last QUESTION(remember, sentence ending in '?' ); What about them? You want an effort made, purchase some and send them to Mexico where there aren't laws preventing cloning and embryonic research. If you feel particularly ambitious, you could always go donate the necessary material to a lab; I'm sure they'd love to get a sample of such a 'special' individual.

You want funding for those projects? Get your religious brethren to join you in making monthly donations to a place you think could use the money; you'd be surprised how far private funding goes.