Dr. Ben Carson came into the public eye with
his 2013 Prayer Breakfast speech at the White House. Conservatives, myself included, were thrilled to see a prominent physician speak out for life and against many Obama policies . . . with Obama squirming in his chair only a few feet away. We love someone who is brave enough to stand for their principles and unafraid to take on the powers that be (as witnessed by the strong conservative support we are currently seeing for Trump). Dr. Carson was, many conservatives thought and still think, just what the doctor ordered.
There was a hiccup along the way, however, when Dr. Carson made his remarks that the Second Amendment should only being applied to some people,
depending on where they live. Populated areas, he felt, were not the place for legal gun ownership. He later clarified these remarks and asserted that he is "
extremely pro–Second Amendment, no question about it,” and the issue kind of faded away.
Now, Dr. Carson is facing another controversy stemming from
Dr. Jen Gunter's blog post stating that he "once did research on 17-week aborted fetal tissue." It seems that Dr. Carson was one of several authors listed on a paper, published in
Human Pathology in 1992, detailing his and others' study of adult and fetal tissue.