First legislator: Medical research is predominantly done on groups of patients that include only men  For example, the effects of coffee drinking on health are evaluated only for men, and studies are lacking on hormone treatments for older women  Government-sponsored medical research should be required to include studies of women
Second legislator: Considerations of male / female balance such as this are inappropriate with respect to research; they have no place in science
Restriction to males of the patient base on which data are collected results in inadequate science.