Henry Waxman (D-CA) and other Democrats have sent an open letter to Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, charging that several government agencies have removed valid scientific information from their web sites. There is no national security issue here. The censored information tends to show that abortion is safer, and sex education classes and condoms more effective, than the Bush administration wants the public to believe. Also see the story in OMB Watcher about the Waxman letter. (Thanks to Terry Foreman.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/31/2002 09:20:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
