The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research.

I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research.

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of people.

Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years.