"riverman" wrote in
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They let others do research, and the public
benefits from the research. I can support someone who does not go into
stem cell research because they feel its religiously immoral, but not
people who block the benefits of others doing that research.


The government doesn't block anyone from doing research on or developing
any stem cell line they want-- they just won't pay for it. Any researcher,
even those who get NIH money, can do this, so long as they can demonstrate
entirely different funding lines for the research.

Again, I think that the current policy is not as consistent as refusing to
pay for line development, but allowing researchers to use all lines
developed through other means. My own values are that I believe the
government should end these restrictions, but I understand why some people
would not want government money going in to this research. I also feel the
current policy is the height of wishy-washyness, and should satisfy noone

Scott