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Harvard College Democrats President Andrew J. Frank ’05 said backlash from the announcement could hurt Bush...
...called up nightmare visions of baby farming, of clones cannibalized for spare parts. Policymakers pointed to the vacuum in U.S. bioethical leadership. Critics decried the commercialization of fertility technology and protesters took to the streets, calling for an immediate ban on human-embryo cloning. Scientists steeled themselves against the backlash they feared would obstruct a promising field of research--and close off options to the infertile couples the original experiment had intended to serve...
...gets worse. Because of Massachusetts, other states will be considering constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage. In fact, some 20 states have already introduced (or are expected to introduce) such amendments, according to the Human Rights Campaign. "I fear all this will create a backlash so much more powerful than our community is prepared to handle," says Matt Foreman of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force...
...predicted a popular backlash and said that judges ought to face consequences as a result of their arrogance...
...typical of the critics: "Nothing shocks us anymore. Mr. Blair done nuffink. Alastair Campbell is a plaster saint ? It beggars belief Lord Hutton could find these miscreants not guilty." The risk for Blair now is that the very size of the victory awarded by Hutton will provoke a destabilizing backlash. An NOP poll taken the day Hutton issued his report found that 49% of the public considered it "a whitewash" - that percentage rose in subsequent surveys - and an ICM poll shows that three times more people trust the BBC (31%) to tell the truth than the government (10%), with...