31.   Parents already must give permission for their embryos to be used in research.

32.   A year later husband Danny left her and told her she could not use frozen embryos they fertilized together.

33.   A Rhode Island congressman who is paralyzed said Monday he supports using human embryos for medical research despite his opposition to abortion.

34.   But most wanted more time to trace donor couples, and hoped they could get permission to use the embryos for research or donation.

35.   But using human embryos for such work faces huge hurdles in Congress, which has talked about an outright ban on cloning.

36.   But using human embryos for such work faces huge hurdles in Washington.

37.   Can embryos be used for scientific research or tissue transplant when the goal is to help others defeat disease?

38.   Eventually, Geron hopes to get stem cells without having to use embryos at all.

39.   Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson told a Senate committee Tuesday he is troubled by a law that bans federal financing of promising research using embryos.

40.   Now, the husband, a devout Catholic, wants to possibly use the embryos with a future partner or donate them to infertile couples.