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The president's council on bioethics, aka the Kass council, is again being criticized--but this time, by social conservatives.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* The president's council on bioethics, aka the Kass council, is again being criticized--but this time, by social conservatives. The council has recently come out for two reforms. It has asked Congress to set an age limit on research conducted on human embryos, so that research that destroys embryos older than, say, 14 days will be illegal. It also suggested that Congress make illegal the cloning of a human embryo with the intent of implanting it in a woman's womb. The Catholic bishops and Focus on the Family both condemned the proposals. The age limit, in these organizations' view, amounts to implicit approval of research that destroys the youngest human embryos. The prohibition on cloning with an intent to implant, in their view, would be unenforceable. We accept part of the criticism. We ...
- The Kass council has followed up that report by issuing a set of...
- Magazine article from: National Review April 19, 2004 700+ words
* The Kass council has followed up that report by issuing a set of recommendations about embryo research. The suggestions were made unanimously...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hallow, Ralph Z. October 18, 1996 700+ words
...agreed. "Dole did not energize the social conservatives," said the president of the Eagle...lobby based in Alton, Ill. For social conservatives, Mr. Dole, in his language and...The only thing he did to energize social conservatives - and he has undone it since then...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) May 17, 2003 700+ words
...part of the Republican Party: its social conservatives. Mr Bush's relationship with...jewellery) and you get the idea. Social conservatives have two defining issues: "life...voters. Earlier this month, leading social conservatives met the party's chairman, Mark...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 3, 2007 700+ words
...Republicans, and 74 percent of social conservatives, say that doesn't matter to them...voters polled and 38 percent of social conservatives are aware he is pro-choice on...Republican voters and 49 percent of social conservatives aren't sure where he stands on...
- Letter from the publisher; Without social conservatives, the Alliance...
- Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine Byfield, Link September 24, 2001 700+ words
...party. This calamity he blames on "social conservatives" in general and on Stockwell Day...electorate. And third, there are the social conservatives, who want institutions like church...artillery on Stockwell Day and the social conservatives in the Alliance, so too did the...
- Social conservatives turn out in force to fuel Bush, GOP victories.(Knight...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Stearns, Matt Homans, Charles November 4, 2004 700+ words
...President Bush, who'd courted social conservatives, became the first presidential...to be the next battleground where social conservatives flex their muscle, several social...deals with Democrats." LaRue said social conservatives also hope to play a role in choosing...
- Social injustice: trial lawyers woo social conservatives.(THE RIGHT)
- Magazine article from: National Review Ponnuru, Ramesh August 29, 2005 700+ words
...perspectives" to bear on topics that social conservatives have traditionally ignored. Thus...trend. There are some signs that social conservatives and the trial bar may be making...conservative and business supporters. Social conservatives didn't want a new justice in O...
- Texas-Area Social Conservatives, Critics Clash on Phonics Debate.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Stutz, Terrence November 4, 1999 700+ words
...to develop reading skills. Now, social conservatives on the State Board of Education...Why is phonics so important to social conservatives? "You have to construct a building...Fort Worth, who is aligned with social conservatives on the issue. Critics contend the...
