Julielyn Gibbons has battled disease for more than half her life.

"I've had Chron's disease for 15 years now," Gibbons, who supports Proposition 2, explains. "I've been hospitalized almost 80 times, I've had 36 surgeries."

That's why she's voting 'yes' on Proposal 2, which would expand human embryonic stem cell research in Michigan.

"Prop 2 is about saying yes to cures," says Gibbons. "It's about taking something that right now is thrown in the trash and turning that into a cure."

A cure, proponents say, for cancer, juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, even Chron's disease. That's why Gibbons is fighting for it.

"It's about giving hope to those people, hope to end their pain, to end their disease," Gibbons says.

But Prop 2 is causing a heated debate--one that's taking center stage on front lawns across Mid-Michigan. Opponents say 2 goes too far.

"This is a very slippery slope," says Dave Doyle, of Michigan Citizens Against Unrestricted Science and Experimentation (MiCAUSE).

Doyle isn't against stem cell research, he's against Prop 2.

"The people injecting stem cells into your body wouldn't have to be licensed," says Doyle.

And opponents say that means Proposal 2 leads Michigan down a dangerous path.

"The state legislature would never be able to pass a law that prevents, restricts, obstructs, discourages or offers disincentives to anybody involved in stem cell research or therapies or cures," Doyle says.

That unregulated future is cause for concern among Prop 2 opponents, but the proposal's passage is in the hands of voters.