5: Policy & Science
Harness policy views to the findings of science. Other Information:
Fifth, where appropriate, Republicans need to harness their policy views to the findings of science. This has been effectively
done on the pro-life issue, with sonograms that reveal the humanity of a developing child. But the cause of scientific literacy
was not aided during the recent primary season, when Michele Bachmann warned that "innocent little 12-year-old girls" were
being "forced to have a government injection" to prevent the spread of the human papilloma virus, adding that some vaccines
may cause "mental retardation." Bachmann managed to combine ignorance about public health, indifference to cervical cancer,
anti-government paranoia, and discredited conspiracy theories about vaccines into one censorious package.
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