Everybody has understood that banking is crucial to moving the field forward. This is a concrete step, and we're doing it first.

I think it is an act of medical malpractice to do human reproductive cloning when animal data shows how risky it is -- how high the frequency is of miscarriage, birth defects and even life problems with other species. We've been unsuccessful at doing this in our closest animal relatives.

I wouldn't have expected it to be quite as comprehensive and uniform across all groups.

One thing that does seem to come out is that no matter how you cut it -- by religion, by age, by education, by underlying views about the embryo -- by and large there is support for liberalizing the government's policy in this area.

There were quick decisions that didn't give us a lot of time for thinking.

But I was also concerned that he would hopefully not sell our house.