61.   But their use has generated fierce political opposition because they are harvested from aborted fetuses and discarded embryos.

62.   But using tissue from aborted fetuses in research also is opposed by many groups.

63.   Currently, stem cells used in medical research are taken from bone marrow, the umbilical cords of newborn babies, aborted fetuses or discarded test-tube embryos.

64.   Doctors have transplanted human islet cells, from cadavers or aborted fetuses, into a handful of human diabetics, whose bodies lack the insulin they need to live.

65.   Experts in the United States discuss ethics of research using stem cells from aborted fetuses.

66.   Getting them from aborted fetuses is controversial, and taking cells from animals raises concern about introducing new diseases into people.

67.   In Los Angeles, anti-abortion activists were among the early protesters, carrying poster-sized pictures of aborted fetuses around the perimeter of the heavily secured convention site.

68.   It also favors publicly funded research using aborted fetuses.

69.   Other researchers also have derived stem cells from other sources, including fat cells, bone marrow and aborted fetuses.

70.   Once, he adorned the altar with red-painted dolls in trash bins to represent aborted fetuses as part of his opposition to abortion.