Last week the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report charging that the Bush White House has censored important scientific data in the pursuit of right-wing policy goals. Here’s more proof:
President Bush yesterday dismissed two members of his handpicked Council on Bioethics -- a scientist and a moral philosopher who had been among the more outspoken advocates for research on human embryo cells.In their places he appointed three new members, including a doctor who has called for more religion in public life, a political scientist who has spoken out precisely against the research that the dismissed members supported, and another who has written about the immorality of abortion and the "threats of biotechnology."
So much for integrity in public policy. Read the full story in The Washinton Post.
