11. Doerflinger believes that the medical benefits expected from stem cell research could be obtained with embryonic stem cells derived from spontaneously aborted fetuses. 12. Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, calls research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses exploitation of human victims. 13. If successful, the cross-species transplant could eliminate the need for tissue from aborted fetuses, which is now used in brain grafts. 14. In addition to her bullhorn, she carried a poster Wednesday in front of the courthouse with a picture of an aborted fetus. 15. In the other method, cells are taken from aborted fetuses, a use that the commission views as arguably equivalent to transplanting kidneys or corneas from a cadaver. 16. It is unlikely that thousands of patients will be getting fetal cells anytime soon, because the surgery is complicated and aborted fetuses are hard to obtain. 17. Johns Hopkins uses stem cells taken from previously aborted fetuses, a university spokeswoman said. 18. Last week as expected, Bush said he would forbid funding for research using tissue from aborted fetuses. 19. Last year, researchers using private financing managed to culture human embyronic stem cells from frozen embryos created in fertility clinics and from aborted fetuses. 20. Many researchers believe that stem cells, taken from sources including embryos and aborted fetuses, can be used to treat a variety of the worst diseases. |