Ethical alternatives to embryonic exploitation

"....Laura Dominguez was a quadriplegic at 16 after a car accident severely damaged her spinal cord, but after treatment using her own olfactory sinus stem cells she can now walk with the aid of braces.

"A car accident also left Susan Fajt paralyzed, but she, too, can walk with braces today because of experimental new adult stem cell treatment....

"'These and other inspiring breakthroughs in the area of adult stem cell research show the power of ethical research -- and its beauty,' said (Cathy Cleaver Ruse, a spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities).

"'There is an ugliness to embryonic stem cell research that even its proponents cannot hide,' Ruse added. 'When we decide to subjugate one vulnerable class of human beings for service of another, we are all diminished.'"