"Neil Gould" wrote:
Recently, Jose posted:

As another American engineer, I'm in agreement with you 100%.

It's not just engineering. Pure science, which is the bastion of
future engineering as well as an attraction to bright minds, is being
done offshore because research which violates superstition or offends
our superstitous leaders (such as stem cell research) is illegal
here.

Not only is stem cell research legal here, some states have actually
started funding it because the feds won't.

And some states, such as South Dakota, explicitly make such research
illegal. Here's a table of of fetus research laws on a state-by-state
basis:

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/genetics/embfet.htm