Bush Drops 2 Supporters of Embryo Research From Bioethics Panel

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Washington

President Bush removed two dissenting members of his bioethics advisory council Friday, renewing criticism that he is playing politics with scientific policy.

Elizabeth Blackburn, a biologist at the University of California at San Francisco, and William F. May, a medical ethicist and retired professor at Southern Methodist...

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