Washington D.C., May 16, 2005 / 22:00 pm
A majority of Americans, 52 percent, oppose federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research while 36 percent of Americans support it, says a new poll.
The Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) commissioned the poll, conducted by International Communications Research.
Government funding for embryonic stem-cell research is being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives, which may soon vote on a bill (H.R. 810).
When respondents were told that scientists could not agree on whether embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells would be most successful in treating diseases, they responded 60 percent in favor of funding only research that raises no moral problem. Only 22 percent favored funding all stem-cell research, including the kind that involves destroying embryos.