Carol Steiker is a professor at Harvard Law School and an expert on the death penalty and criminal law.

Erik C. Owens is an associate professor of the practice in theology at Boston College, where he also directs the international studies program. He is the co-editor of three books, including Religion and the Death Penalty: A Call for Reckoning and Gambling: Mapping the American Moral Landscape.

Read an August 24, 2006 article about the advancement in harvesting stem cells from embryos without harming them in Nature.

See a March 24, 2013 ScienceDaily article about stem cells found in amniotic fluid.

See an April 5, 2007, Stateline.org article about three new Democratic governors who have joined six other state leaders in supporting stem cell research.

Read a July 11, 2013 article that describes the great advancements that have been made in stem cell research, but how much more is left to understand about the effects of treatment.

Read a July 12, 2013 Phys.org article about recent developments in stem cell research that allow embryo’s to be taken out of the process.

Read a July 11, 2013 article about the recently discovered noninvasive technique for tracking stem cells after transplantation developed by the Stanford University School of Medicine.

A 2013 Gallup poll has observed how U.S. citizens view stem cell research and how their views have changed over a 10 year period.