Right on, Paula! I see what you are saying and it must be new guidelines that are (to borrow a phrase from Fox News) FAIR AND BALANCED. For that to happen, it needs to be people who understand the terminology, the politics, and somebody not biased by ideology or religious preference.

It's very hard to get an objective opinion on issues like this, but this is the time for grassroots to take action. But first, there's homework to do. Here's some archived existing, pre-existing NIH guidelines:

http://stemcells.nih.gov/policy/guidelines.asp

Get busy!
Peggy