JT

IN my search for a JT topic (Junior theme), I have stumbled upon the topic of Embryonic Stem cell Research. This controversial topic has really taken a political stand in the eyes of most Americans. Republicans are against it, while the democrats are in favor of the funding it. I wondered why this came about in the first place. WEll turns out that since the anti-abortion movement needed some lobbying leverage, they took stem cell research under their wing to provoke the republican party to sway against the funding.(article)

This is the strong foundation behind the debate in the US about this topic. The moral and ethical issue that bases this funding has cause a stand still in the scientific world researching possible ways to use stem cell research to cure diseases.