2006-08-29 Michael Gerson and the new Republican alibi for crippling stem cell research

2006-08-29 \Michael Gerson\stem cell research\pro-life\anti-science http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/michael_gerson_and_the_new_rep.php Michael Gerson and the new Republican alibi for crippling stem cell research &ldquo;Seen as a smart political compromise... by who? Everyone I know saw it as a sham, a transparent attempt to put in place an effective ban on the research while keeping a few excuses handy to block criticism. The rest of the paragraph is built entirely on a false assumption, that what Bush was doing was defending "human life" (it's a tiny collection of cells, the humanity of which wasn't even accepted by religious tradition) and phrasing blastulae as "lives of the weak" is putting a ridiculous spin on it.&rdquo;   