Radical Right Attacks Health Researchers

News and Opinion for Democrats Against Bush -- Part II

Radical Right Attacks Health Researchers

"The list, which has sent a chill through some researchers, is being used by the coalition and its government allies in attempts to discredit the researchers and challenge or revoke their federal grants. It's a sloppy, dangerous and wildly inaccurate list, put together by people who are freaked out by the content of the studies, and unconcerned about their value."

The New York Times

November 3, 2003

The Big Chill at the Lab

By BOB HERBERT - OP-ED COLUMNIST

The complete article may be purchased from the New York Times archives at-- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1071FFB3A540C708CDDA80994DB404482

It is currently (4/2/04) available in full at the following website-- http://faculty.washington.edu/lynnhank/Big_Chill.htm [found through a Google search by article title]

Excerpt--

A list of nearly 200 scientific researchers has been compiled and given to federal officials by the Traditional Values Coalition, a conservative group that goes wild over gay issues and federal funding of research related to human sexuality.

The list, which has sent a chill through some researchers, is being used by the coalition and its government allies in attempts to discredit the researchers and challenge or revoke their federal grants. It's a sloppy, dangerous and wildly inaccurate list, put together by people who are freaked out by the content of the studies, and unconcerned about their value.

The targeted studies cover a wide range of topics related to health and sexuality, including H.I.V. and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and adolescent sexual behavior.

The Web site of the Traditional Values Coalition is bizarrely fixated on sexual matters. ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/opinion/03HERB.html

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