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.{{fact-political}} 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.{{fact-political}} 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.{{fact-political}} 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.{{fact-political}} 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> |