"[P]romoting science isn’t just about providing resources — it is also about protecting free and open inquiry. It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it’s inconvenient — especially when it’s inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda — and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
—President Obama, reversing the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, March 9, 2009
(Photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)
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