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Embryonic Stem Cell Research ~ Statistics
  • The options generally available to fertility participants for their “left over” embryos include cryo-freezing them for future fertility procedures, donating them to others for fertility attempts, discarding them (resulting in their death), or donating them for research (resulting in their death)
  • March 9, 2009 President Obama lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research that were imposed by President Bush (Jr.) on August 9, 2001.
  • In 2004, California passed Proposition 71 which provides $3 billion for ESCR over 10 years
  • 8 states permit research on a fetus or embryo (2008) – for details by state, visit http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=111&cat=2
  • The following stats from a 2005 poll, Taking Our Pulse: the PARADE/Research!America Health Poll, Charlton Research Company:
    • 58% “strongly” or “somewhat” favor ESCR
    • 29% “somewhat oppose” or “strongly oppose” ESCR. In this group, 57% say they have this position because of religious grounds
    • 57% favor federal funding for ESCR, 35% oppose it
    • 62% favor using donated, fertilized eggs from fertility clinics for ESCR
    • 56% say there is “no dilemma” in using excess embryos from fertility clinics in research
    • 79% say reproductive cloning should not be allowed
    • 59% say that research into therapeutic cloning should be allowed
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