Open Access: A Moral Imperative for Progress – POLITICO

"There is a moral imperative to make scientific research freely available. Publicly funded research should be publicly accessible. Accelerating research availability can save lives, support researchers’ careers, and create a brighter future. Imagine a world where a universal vaccine against cancer is developed and its details are freely available to researchers worldwide through an Open Access (OA) publication. Such a world is possible, and more than that, we have a moral duty to make it a reality..."