Slamming Right Wing Ethics

Sex, Science and Stem Cells:
Inside the Right Wing Assault on Reason
by Congresswoman Diana DeGette

Why wait so long into the Bush administration to take a stand against its policies—and those of the right wing?

It’s really been about 14 years of this right wing escapade—ever since the Republicans took control of Congress—but it has spiraled out of control under the Bush administration.

A lot of the policies were started under the Republican leadership of the House, like some of the abstinence-only sex education. But then, under the Bush administration, these policies have gone to a whole new level because they have been the focus of a lot of the Bush administration’s efforts toward sex and reproduction.

One of the reasons the book is coming out right now is targeted at the fall 2008 elections to try to say to voters, “When you’re looking at who to vote for this year, be it president or members of Congress, you really need to think about science when drafting public policy.”

“I think President Bush was frankly unconcerned about what the public will was. He had a personal religious view and he felt strongly about that. So, he just stubbornly blazed ahead.”