Posted on 05/02/2008 3:50:06 AM PDT by Man50D
With virtually no fanfare, President Bush has signed into law a plan that orders the government to take no more than six months to set up a "national contingency plan" to screen newborns' DNA that would be put into use in case of a "public health emergency."
Further, the new law requires that the results of that DNA program, including "information … research, and data on newborn screening" shall be assembled by a "central clearinghouse" and be made available on the Internet.
According to records of Congress, S.1858, sponsored by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., was approved in the Senate on Dec. 13, 2007, in the House on April 8 and signed by Bush on April 24, 2008
"Soon, under this bill, the DNA of all citizens will be housed in government genomic biobanks and considered governmental property for government research," said Twila Brase, president of the Citizens' Council on Health Care. "The DNA taken at birth from every citizen is essentially owned by the government, and every citizen becomes a potential subject of government-sponsored genetic research."
She has objected extensively to plans in the state of Minnesota to provide state government the same option now handed to the federal government by Congress.
The bill, she said, strips "citizens of genetic privacy rights and DNA property rights. The bill also violates research ethics and the Nuremberg Code.
"The public is clueless. S. 1858 imposes a federal agenda of DNA databanking and population-wide genetic research," she continued. "It does not require consent and there are no requirements to fully inform parents about the warehousing of their child's DNA for the purpose of genetic research
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Appalling - bump.
It says that consent is not needed and I do not even have to be informed.
But... what if I know of it and refuse? Is there and ‘opt out’?
Another building block for totalitarian socialism.
google “T-4 program” then think of this in terms of nationalized health care. The folks that are going to be running the old folks home will literally end up selecting people to be eventually euthanized when the budgets start having shortfalls.
google “T-4 program” then think of this in terms of nationalized health care. The folks that are going to be running the old folks home will literally end up selecting people to be eventually euthanized when the budgets start having shortfalls.
You’d support the goobermint proactively filing everyone’s fingerprints in the entire country without any particular probable cause on a case by case basis????? In addition to being just plain creepy, it tilts the balance of power farther in favor of the government over their ostensible masters when it’s already too far in that direction. They should be surrendering liberties they’ve already stolen, not stealing more.
They should be surrendering liberties they’ve already stolen, not stealing more.
Amen. But I won't hold my breath waiting.
“Hey, I got a great idea: Let’s elect the Republican, McCain. Yay!”
If it wasn’t so sad it’d be lol.
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy. As I live and breathe.
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