Choose the cauldron?

The use of unwanted frozen embryos for stem-cell research (the basic importance of which which no one, not even George Bush, disputes) has some folks in a lather. According to the Associated Press, Majority Leader Tom DeLay has offered his opinion that "the embryonic research bill would force taxpayers to finance 'the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings.'"

The alternative? According to an essay found on enotes.com, an encyclopedia-style repository of information,

Embryos are usually destroyed by being thawed and allowed to resume their cell division until they can no longer continue to grow outside of a uterus because there is no nourishment, at which point they die. In some instances, they are plunged in a hot solution— termed “rapid thaw.” In both instances, the embryos are then discarded as biological waste.

Looks like Mr. DeLay and his followers have their work cut out for them.