Obama injects politics — and profit — into science

Obama says he's "restoring science to its proper place," by introducing federal government funding into research that destroys human embryos. As you might guess, the Biotechnology Industry Organization--a major lobbying group--counts this as a win. My column today:

Somehow, in Obama’s rhetoric, fulfilling the funding requests from these industry lobbyists counts as getting politics out of science.

Throughout its brief history, the embryonic stem cell industry has always been supremely political. It has been busy not warding off regulations — recall, this research has never been banned — but seeking taxpayer money at the federal and state level.

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Sebelius at HHS a boost for abortion, stem cell industries

My Examiner column today delves into Kathleen Sebelius's funding from--and for--the abortion industry.

Just as the oil industry got its way in the Bush Administration, the abortion and stem-cell industries appear likely to get their way in the administration of President Barack Obama.

Obama’s nomination of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of Health and Human Services is a boon for the big business of abortion and the government-dependant industry of using human embryos for stem-cell research.

Read the whole thing here.