While the United States has the largest medical research budget in the world, it also has the most politically powerful [[abortion]] industry. The industry favors embryonic stem cell research over adult stem cell research in order to legitimize abortion. Hence relatively little research is done on adult stem cells in the United States, and most of the advances are made in mostly pro-life countries. For example, in the case of a recently successful adult stem cell project for diabetics, "the research was done in Brazil because U.S. doctors were not interested in the approach."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/04/10/diabetes.experiment.ap/index.html</ref> Brazil is a pro-life country that generally prohibits abortion.<ref>http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/world_statistics_brazil.asp</ref> | While the United States has the largest medical research budget in the world, it also has the most politically powerful [[abortion]] industry. The industry favors embryonic stem cell research over adult stem cell research in order to legitimize abortion. Hence relatively little research is done on adult stem cells in the United States, and most of the advances are made in mostly pro-life countries. For example, in the case of a recently successful adult stem cell project for diabetics, "the research was done in Brazil because U.S. doctors were not interested in the approach."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/04/10/diabetes.experiment.ap/index.html</ref> Brazil is a pro-life country that generally prohibits abortion.<ref>http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/world_statistics_brazil.asp</ref> |