Abortion has nothing to do with it; foes of embryonic-stem-cell research are not demanding that women be required by law to gestate and give birth against their will.
Kondracke also fails to mention the abundant sources of stem cells that offer hope for medical breakthroughs without destroying embryos. Human stem cells can be found in brain tissue, fat, bone marrow, organs, umbilical-cord blood, and placentas. Some of these alternative therapies are already successfully treating serious illnesses; for example, white-blood-cell therapy has restored bladder control and partial function to the legs of a paraplegic. Nor does Kondracke—who has expressed his opposition to cloning—acknowledge what biotech-industry representatives have often admitted: that cloning will be a necessary part of embryonic- stem-cell therapy.
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