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

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{{data.pair|Title|Michael Gerson and the new Republican alibi for crippling stem cell research }}
{{data.pair|Text|&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 [[stem cell research|research]] while keeping a few excuses handy to block criticism. The rest of the paragraph is built entirely on a false assumption, that what [[George W. Bush|Bush]] was doing was defending "human life" (it's a tiny collection of cells, the [[personhood|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;}}<noinclude>
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