Earlier this year, President Obama disbanded George W. Bush’s Bioethics Council. Headed first by Leon Kass, and later by Ed Pellegrino, the Bush Bioethics Council was right-leaning, heavily theologically influenced, and rife with controversy. Elizabeth Blackburn was fired from the council after disagreeing over the Council’s theological bent on issues such as stem cell research and abortion. President Obama just got the ball rolling on a new Council, appointing UPenn President and noted political theorist Amy Gutmann as chair and Emory University President James Wagner as vice chair. See GEN for more updates.
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