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A whistleblower lawsuit related to human experiments at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center is entering its fourth year of litigation with a judge now considering the state’s arguments for dismissal.
The Glenwood Resource Center is a state-run facility for Iowans with severe disabilities. The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded the state of Iowa likely violated the constitutional rights of disabled residents at the state-run Glenwood Resource Center by subjecting them to harmful human experimentation and inadequate medical care. “Individuals with disabilities are not human guinea pigs, and like all persons, they should never be subject to bizarre and deviant pseudo-medical ‘experiments’ that injure them,” Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband said in a statement. “Human...