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Obama Plans to Replace Bushâ??s Bioethics Panel

Quoted: Dr. Alta Charo, an ethicist at the University of Wisconsin, said that much of the Bush councilâ??s work â??seemed more like a public debating societyâ? and that a new commission should focus on helping the government form ethically defensible policy.

A commission of this kind, Dr. Charo said, â??lets the president react judiciously to rapid and often startling changes in the scientific landscape.â?