"To date, only extremely conservative and overtly religious groups have devoted substantial resources to affecting bioethics public policy. They, therefore, are actively driving the bioethics agenda."
A little research would have shown this statement to be patently untrue, even if the Women did not count tax money. (Maybe they assume that conservative religious people pay ‘substantial” taxes!).
George Soros, who is certainly not a conservative, is famous for his advocacy of eugenics and the assisted suicide agenda. There is an extensive review (and a short version, too) about the funding of “Better ends” at lifetree.org.
The author even re-used material from an old speech honoring the opening of the Humanist Center for Bioethics at the UN Plaza. All of which shows that some "substantial" money is backing a very unconservative anti-religious agenda.
Beverly, the report was never intended to be politically-motivated, mean-spirited or divisive -- and like you, I'm not big on the "us" vs "them" labels. In fact, I see lots of ways that both conservatives and progressives could potentially work together on issues (Like the AROWSal issue!) Some other examples include such issues as the right to universal healthcare coverage, issues in sex selection, concerns about embryonic stem cell research, the role of women as caregivers for the children, sick, elderly, and disabled. Personally, I see women as having the role of protectors of life and liberty, guardians of the weak and fragile, and stewards of the earth and all its inhabitants. I think if we join forces (at least on the issues we agree upon) we could get tremendous things done!
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