""The standard for disclosure in medical and scientific journals is not your politics. There's no obligation to tell people what your mind-set is ... as long as the data is sound and gathered objectively," said Dr. Alan Leff, a University of Chicago pulmonologist and editor of the Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society.

Anti-abortion groups say the authors' affiliations are crucially important."

"Still, the distrust of science now seen in our culture is distressing."

Yep, and that is probable because it is also a sign of fascism.