Trump efter jätteprotester: ”Vi prioriterar vetenskap”

The March for Science (formerly known as the Scientists' March on Washington) is a series of rallies and marches being held in Washington, D.C. and over 600 cities across the world on April 22, 2017. According to organizers, the march is a non-partisan movement to celebrate science and the role it plays in everyday lives. The main goals of the march and rally are to call for science that upholds the common good and to call for evidence-based policy in the public's best interest. The March for Science organizers and supporters say that support for science should be nonpartisan. The march is being organized by scientists sceptical of the agenda of the Trump administration, and critical of Trump administration policies widely viewed as hostile to science. The march's website states that an "American government that ignores science to pursue ideological agendas endangers the world." Particular issues of science policy raised by the marchers include support for evidence-based policymaking, as well as support for government funding for scientific research, government transparency, and government acceptance of the scientific consensus on climate change and evolution. The march is part of growing political activity by American scientists in the wake of the November 2016 elections and the 2017 Women's March.