Justina Pelletier’s recent ordeal at the hands of the state of Massachusetts and Boston Children’s Hospital has prompted Congresswoman Michele Bachmann to introduce a legislative impediment to similar cases in the future. You see, the hospital has a policy which states, “Children who are Wards of the State may be included in research that presents greater than minimal risk with no prospect of direct benefit.” Intern Simona Bujoreanu overturned a more experienced doctor’s diagnosis, declaring that Justina had Somatoform, which just happened to be Bujoreanu’s subject of research under a National Institutes of Health grant. This led to the Pelletiers losing their parental rights becasuse they held to the earlier diagnosis. Bachmann’s bill is supported by both Democrats and Republicans.