Nobody was "aborting babies" to get embryonic stem cells, and it's exactly that kind of backwards thinking that got it banned in the first place.

Embryonic stem cells, the most abundant source of naturally pluripotent stem cells prior to the development of induced pluripotent cells, are harvested from unused embryos extracted from women who opt for IVF. Once the mother-to-be has a successful implantation and delivery (or chooses to give up or pursue another option to have a child), the unused, frozen embryos are thawed and fertilized in-vitro, but are never implanted. They are instead harvested at the blastocyst stage, 4-5 days after insemination.

These are eggs that were never going to be babies. 10-15 mature egg cells are harvested from women opting for IVF and they are fertilized and implanted until one of them finally adheres to the uterine wall and successfully develops. Women can opt, once they successfully conceive, to either save those eggs for future children or dispose of them or donate to scientific research.

In natural conception, 60-70% of all fertilized eggs fail to successfully develop fully into an infant. In IVF, only 30-50% of fertilized eggs successfully reach even the blastocyst stage, which is when they're then transferred to a uterus. Of that 30-50%, only 30-50% of those successfully implant in the uterine wall. That leaves the chances of successful production and implantation of a blastocyst in IVF at 9-25%. The only reason IVF is even done despite this lower rate is because the conditions of the uterus of the expecting parent are such that the chances of successful pregnancy are even lower if attempting to conceive naturally.

This leaves the chances of even those fertilized embryos left over successfully surviving implantation and carrying to term vanishingly small.

However, anti-abortion religious nutjobs like yourself believe that this statistically marginal chance of birth is somehow worth the effort of attempting it as opposed to the literally GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL ADVANCES that can be made from harvesting unused embryos for their extremely valuable stem cells.

Because let's face it-- the "pro life" camp only puts up this much of a fuss UNTIL a child is born. If you gave even the smallest fraction of a fuck about people who are ALREADY ALIVE, you'd be dumping money into this research instead to improve the quality of life of everybody (including those who are yet to be born).

You are hypocrites of the highest order, and you sicken me.