Opinion: The Dogma of Mad Science

Dr. Frankenstein would have felt “empowered” on Monday, March 9, 2009.


That’s the day the Obama Administration not only reversed the Bush Administration’s restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, but announced that it was freeing science from outside interference, such as people’s moral qualms.


Can’t you just picture the fictional monster creator jumping for joy?
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The Obama Administration issued a memorandum “aimed at insulating scientific decisions across the federal government from political influence,” according to The Washington Post.