Federal agencies are told that "quality of life" factors should play into the regulation process

"Under Bush, the White House Office of Management and Budget has encouraged federal agencies to weigh relative, "quality-of-life" factors such as the health and age of people who would benefit from health and safety regulations.

"This approach, in essence, is the same taken by authors of the Oregon Health Plan a decade ago to maximize returns on health-care spending. But then, just as now, pro-life groups argued that it fails to value all human life in equal and absolute terms."

What they do, contrasted with what they say.

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