Inside STAT: Anti-abortion leaders are rebranding as "pro-science." Are they?

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When tens of thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators join the March for Life this Friday, many will tout signs bearing a new slogan: “Pro-life is pro-science.” But some researchers say that anti-abortion advocates’ steadfast — and increasingly vocal — opposition to fetal tissue research doesn’t support their “pro-science” slogan. And moreover, they’re concerned that that opposition might derail the U.S. government’s support for important science. "I’m worried that the federal government will be hijacked by a vocal minority to cease supporting a valuable area,” said Lawrence Goldstein, a University of California, San Diego neuroscientist. STAT's Lev Facher and I have the story here.