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Dissection cut in some schools
A 16-year-old honor student in Baltimore was removed from her anatomy class last week after refusing to dissect a cat, then allowed back in with the option of computer alternatives after protesters picketed the high school.
Increasing numbers of students are asking to opt out of the science class ritual of dissecting frogs or fetal pigs, branding the practice cruel and insisting they can learn as much from computer simulations.
Anti-dissection students also appealed for policy changes this year at a school board meeting in Little Chute, Wis., and last year before a state Senate committee in Vermont.
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According to the Humane Society of the United States, eight states have approved opt-out policies — California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. A similar policy is pending in New Jersey's legislature.
Wayne Carley, the association's executive director, said many who oppose dissection "act on emotion rather than intellect."
The 9,000-member National Association of Biology Teachers is wary of the push for alternatives. Although it urges teachers to be sensitive to students' objections, its formal position says, "No alternative can substitute for the actual experience of dissec-
The Humane Society estimates that 6 million animals are dissected annually in American schools. The society distributes anti-dissection videos and loans computer software to schools interested in offering alternatives,
"This is an issue of academic freedom," he said. "A welltrained teacher has the knowledge and experience to know how best to use dissection."
The National Science Teachers Association, which claims 53,000 members, also defends dissection but advises teachers to be flexible.
The pressure to cut back on dissections is even being felt in college and graduate programs. King said the Humane Society accepted the need for dissections in veterinary education, but urged schools to use only animals that had been euthanized because of illness or old age.
Drug tampering trial to continue
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against two pharmaceutical companies and former pharmacist Robert Courtney, clearing the way for jury selection to begin on Thursday.
Senior Judge Lee E. Wells also ruled that the cases against Courtney, Eli Lilly & Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will be tried together in Jackson County Circuit Court.
The pharmaceutical companies had sought to have their cases separated from the case against Courtney, who has already pleaded guilty to federal charges of adulterating, misbranding and tampering with chemotherapy medications.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in December and faces up to 30 years in prison.
Wells' ruling came a day after attorneys from both sides met with professional mediator and former Houston judge Susan Soussan. Citing a court order, attorneys declined Tuesday to reveal what was said in that meeting.
"I think the judge intended all along that we were going to try this case," said Eli Lilly's attorney, Marie Woodbury.
The lawsuit, brought by ovarian cancer patient Georgia Hayes, alleges that the drug companies knew or should have known that Courtney was diluting cancer medications.
cases.
It was the first of hundreds of lawsuits against the drug makers and is considered a barometer of the likely outcome of the other
Indiana-based Eli Lilly and Bristol-Myers Squibb, headquartered in New Jersey, contend they had no way of knowing of Courtney's scheme, and also dispute whether Hayes — who is now in remission — suffered lasting harm.
The companies knew in 1998 that Courtney was selling more of the chemotherapy drugs than he was buying, the lawsuit contends, and should have followed up by investigating Courtney and reporting their concerns to the Food and Drug Administration.
Butattorneys for the drug companies contended that those practices relate to counterfeit drugs, not misbranded drugs.
A final round of pretrial motions was set for Wednesday afternoon.
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