
The Obama administration has told members of the President's Council on Bioethics, which deals with the ethics of human embryo research, that they are no longer needed.
 According to The New York Times, the Council --  established by President George W. Bush in 2001 -- will be replaced by President  Obama with a new panel that has a new mandate and "offers practical policy  options." However, Dr. David Prentice of the Family Research Council (FRC)  believes the president is interested in getting rid of any criticism -- and when  making fresh appointments, to make sure they are rubber-stamped.
 
"The  current President's Council on Bioethics, 10 of the 18 members, criticized his  'opening up' policy of the government for more embryo research and embryo  destruction," explains the FRC spokesman.
 
That involves killing a tiny  human being, Prentice explains.
 
"In the last eight years, the current council -- under Leon  Kass and then Ed Pellegrino -- has done an excellent job of looking at all sides  of the issue, trying to present them, [and] educate the public as well as policy  makers," he shares. "It's been a very diverse group with lots of different  opinions."
 
Prentice believes the new panel will be stacked with people  with radical views on the subject who will simply side with the president's  intentions and say they are ethical.