Students Graduate as Bush Rushes to Crush Science

In vetoing stem cell research legislation, Bush again is asserting his disregard for valid scientific research and education. The start of summer signals a time when students across the nation have graduated from schools that teach the value of science and the scientific method. They have learned why scientists use the process to assure the value of their experimentation and document their results. Scientists need federal support to continue exploring uses of healthy stem cells and how they might treat disease and damage in adult cells. Students need to know that vital scientific research is supported at all levels of government.

Blocking federal support of research is an education issue. Just as the Bush administration has tried to ignore scientists in regard to the hazards of toxic mineral extraction, global warming, and the need for green and sustainable technologies, it continues to block valid research into advances in the health sciences. Federal support allows researchers to proceed free of privately funded commercial interests. Bush's veto of this legislation is another blow to vital education and research.

Chew the fat; speak out.