-Caveat Lector-
This is very interesting in light of new technologies and future
breakthroughs--could one be clones without knowing and meet oneself on the
street one fine day? This seems like something that should be challenged in
court. On a larger scales then are our organs our own?
Amelia
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Subject: [CTRL] DNA Ain't You
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In case anyone is interested, there was a bill that just passed the Oregon
> Senate which defined Human DNA as *NOT* being the property of the person
ie:
> if you live in Oregon then, the Oregon Senate just declared, by signing
this
> bill, that YOUR OWN DNA is not your property.
>
> Instead, what they said, in the bill, is that your DNA is a "Privacy"
issue.
> The reason for doing this was so that pharmaceutical companies could TAKE
> your DNA - via various methods - SO LONG AS they swore to NOT disclose who
> the person was from whom the DNA came from.
>
> The CATCH is, that once taken, that DNA became the property of the
research
> facility or lab that possessed it. Quite interesting isn't it? They don't
> want your own DNA to be "called" YOURS, but on the flip side of it, they
DO
> want the DNA, once taken from a person's body to become the property of
the
> person or company in who's possession that DNA is in.
>
> Additionally, I did a little research. One of the groups supposedly
> supporting
> this DNA bill was an organization which calls itself PhRMA. So, I dug
into
> who was associated with PhRMA. As I discovered, PhRMA was composed of
> quite literally over a 100 pharmaceutical companies....as well as
companies
> NOT related to the pharmaceutical industry
>
> If you are interested in which companies are involved in PhRMA, then go to
> my website at http://home1.gte.net/leslemke and click on the graphic which
> shows a DNA strand drawing....it's big and red in color and says
>
> YOUR DNA IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY
> SO SAYS THE OREGON SENATE
>
> When the next page comes up look for this link:
>
> YOUR DNA IS NOT YOUR PROPERTY ACCORDING
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> TO THE OREGON SENATE
> --------------------------------
>
> ( Oregon Senate Chamber Meeting of May 28, 1999 9:53 AM )
> Read Senate Bill 937 for yourself and read where the main sponsor of
> Senate Bill 937, Senator Neil Bryant, says that *YOUR* *DNA* is
> *NOT* your own property.
>
> Listen to Senate members defend their SELL OUT of your intrinsic
> RIGHTS to the Pharmaceutical and Bio-Tech corporations as well as to
> Oregon State Research Institute which plans to make MILLIONS OF
> DOLLARS through the research of DNA.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> After you get to THAT page you'll see a link that will say this:
>
> Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America
> ***************************************
>
> Click on that link to see over 100 companies that have an interest in that
> legislation that just passed the Oregon Senate.
>
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