Stem Cells from aborted fetuses

[Kevin]

I heard recently (from a friend who is an MD) that in some test cases they were able to get seven (I think that's the right number) out of seven patients treated with stem cells for severe congestive heart failure to regenerate their dead heart tissues simply by injecting their own stem cells into the heart. All seven of the patients have since been released from the hostpital and are on their ways to full recoveries. None were expected to live for very long without this treatment.

It really opens the eyes though as to what this technology could mean to the medical field. We could cure countless diseases and drastically improve the quality of life for many people.

There is a major contraversy over whether human stem cells from aborted fetuses should be used to further medical science -- and in the event of a breakthrough, be used to cure diseases (like Alzheimer's).

I can see the justification in objecting to doctors actually paying women to harvest fetuses from their wombs in order to obtain stem cells. However, I can't see the justification in just allowing this resource to simply be destroyed when tapping it could mean so much good could be done.

I believe that in this case we are wasting a valuable resource. Whatever your stance on abortion. It happens. This is the only good that I can see coming of this. Anyone have an opinion?