Stem cell research

I have always found peoples arguments about stem cell research confusing and since President Obama just lifted limits on stem cell research I decided to make it the topic of my next blog entree. I found this article by Maggie Fox a Health and Science Correspondent for Reuters. She has been with Reuters for 16 years. Before that she was a correspondent in Hong Kong for U.S.
Most of the stem cell lines used are taken from embryos created during the process of in vitro fertilization. These embryos will either be frozen or destroyed if they are not used. Maggie Fox quotes Oklahoma politician Mike Reynolds as saying, “"I believe the federal government has infringed on several states' rights. The right to protect lives is one." What I find confusing is why he is attacking stem cell research and not in vitro fertilization. If he considers the embryos as living people isn’t it worse to keep them frozen or destroy them for no reason. Why is it morally wrong to use these embryos to help people but its ok to create them choose the ones you want to use and throw the rest away. One thing I always find missing in articles about stem cell research is how people that are ok with in vitro fertilization feel about stem cell research.
Maggie Fox says, “While most embryonic stem cell lines are now made from unused embryos from fertility clinics, there are some fears the NIH may allow or even encourage the use of cloning technology to make embryos as a source of cells.” She latter states, “The Georgia state senate passed a bill last week outlawing the use of cloning technology to make a human embryo, and the bill specifically notes that stem cells from other sources, including stem-like cells called iPS cells, are not affected.” With laws in place to stop the cloning of human embryos this is not really an argument.