On Monday, President Obama reversed Bush administration policy on embryonic stem cell research and allowed for a major increase in taxpayer dollars for projects that will include the creation and destruction of human embryos. What are the facts on embryonic stem cell research? Has it shown any promise in the great deal of research that has been funded? Where is the real progress being seen when it comes to stem cell treatments? Why the big push for more dollars on the embryonic front? And will a cloning ban be effective or are we headed down a slippery ethical slope into a moral sewer? We ask David Christensen, senior director of Congressional affairs at the Family Research Council.
