Fact Sheets

Show Me the Treatments

See a list of ailments in human patients that have been successfully treated with adult stem cells. To date, there are NO ailments treated with human embryonic stem cells. Not one human patient has been part of a human embryonic stem cell trial. PDF

Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Putting Women at Risk

Where will all the eggs come from? Using embryonic stem cells from cloned human embryos to treat a single disease would require an impossible number of reproductive-aged women to go through the onerous and sometimes dangerous process of donating their eggs. PDF

Fact Sheet - Advances in Ethical Stem Cell Research

Proponents of human embryonic stem cell research often cite all of the potential treatments that may result from the research but fail to mention that human life is destroyed when removing these cells from a human embryo. Now researchers have pioneered a different kind of treatment that carries the same potential for treating disease... without destroying human lives. PDF

The Embryonic Stem Cell Research Money Trail

Some embryonic stem cell researchers are interested in more than curing patients. They're interested in obtaining patents. Learn how some embryonic stem cell researchers are fighting to make big profits off of embryonic stem cells. PDF

Does human life need to be killed for stem cells?

As the debate over stem cells rages on, Right to Life of Michigan has put together some facts on this issue. Learn how adult stem cells and stem cells from umbilical cords are helping people overcome a variety of illnesses. PDF

Adult stem cell research vs. embryonic stem cell research

Compare and contrast the differences between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells while learning about the basics of stem cell research, Michigan's law against killing human embryos for research and the ethics involved. PDF

Sacrificed without consent: Taking from the unborn, ending lives

Since stem cells are so versatile there is hope within the medical community that some day the cells can be reprogrammed to cure various diseases. This stem cell fact sheet contains information on the potential of stem cells, stem cell research, and the current legal situation regarding embryonic stem cell research. PDF / Spanish PDF