While public cord blood banking is universally encouraged, supporters of abortion instead favor funding for research [[embryonic stem cells]].{{fact}} France and Italy actually prohibit private cord blood banking, and the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies also opposes it. | While public cord blood banking is universally encouraged, supporters of abortion instead favor funding for research [[embryonic stem cells]].{{fact}} France and Italy actually prohibit private cord blood banking, and the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies also opposes it. |