This picture was scanned in from the St Pete Times from their Sunday front page article on August 13, 2006:
| The image you see is a magnification of a 3-day-old embryo resting on the head of a pin. Just imagine how tiny that cell really is! |
| According to the article, "the ten stem cells inside [this embryo] will divide into millions that make a human. Some scientists believe such cells hold the key to treating countless afflictions. Opponents liken the research to abortion." |
| H.R. 810 would have allowed scientists to gain federal funding to use the microscopic cells to seek cures for many debilitating illnesses. Instead, these cells will be thrown in the trash, basically. Which is more harmful: trying to find a cure from such a microscopic object or just throwing it away so no one can do anything productive with it at all? |