¨     HR 810 would not provide the desired type or number of embryonic stem cell lines demanded by the biotech lobby. 

RAND has estimated that of the currently frozen embryos only 275 could become viable stem cell lines.  These will not be genetically diverse, since minorities are poorly represented among IVF clients.

¨     Stem cells from IVF embryos will cause serious immune rejection problems if transplanted into patients.  Advocates already argue that to avoid immune rejection another ethical line will have to be crossed - people will need to be cloned to make stem cells that are genetically identical to the patient.

“The best way to be able to actually maybe get a therapeutic use out of this research [embryonic stem cell research], actually cure cancer, cure Parkinson's, cure Alzheimer's, cure juvenile diabetes, the actual way to do that…is to actually put the stem cells into the body, and that is exactly what is being done here. Cells from a person's body are being used, through somatic cell nuclear transfer, to be able to create the potentiality of curing these horrific diseases.”  Rep. Peter Deutsch, 107^th Congress, debate on cloning.

¨     Under the guise of funding embryonic stem cell research California and New Jersey have also legalized and funded human cloning with the backing of the biotech lobby.

¨     Governor Mitt Romney faces intense opposition from the biotech lobby in Massachusetts for opposing human cloning for research, even though he supports the use of IVF embryos for embryonic stem cell research.  He has been attacked for trying to draw the line at IVF embryos.