In 2001, French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin was favorable to using embryonic stem cells for scientific and healing purposes, but he faces serious pressures from other catholic politicians (including Jaques Chirac, you've certainly seen him attending church) and religious scientists and had to drop his law project!
Worldwide scientists have been aware of the fabulous possibilities of using embryonic stem cells since 1980, nevertheless, they kept letting people die.
A 14 days old embryo is not a baby! It's just a sack of cells! And remember, Adolf Hitler once was an embryo...Using his to get stem cells would have been more useful to humanity than letting him live. What do you think?