CLONE RIGHTS UNITED FRONT
CLONE
RIGHTS ACTION CENTER
506
Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
Ph.
212 255-1439 12 noon—8pm
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Forum on Cloning
June
25, 1997
THOSE
OF US WHO CELEBRATE THE ADVENT OF HUMAN CLONING TECHNOLOGY ARE LARGELY EXCLUDED
FROM PUBLIC DEBATES ON THIS ISSUE.
HOPING
TO CHALLENGE THE RIGID MINDSET WHICH SO LIMITS THIS DEBATE, AND LACKING THE 110
PAGES OF GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED PUBLISHING GIVEN NBAC, IN WHICH TO
PONTIFICATE, WE WILL SIMPLY LIST QUESTIONS AND MAKE A. FEW OBSERVATIONS HOPING
THEY WILL BECOME PART OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
A
LINE OF DASHES WITH A VERBAL CLUE INSERTED WILL SEPARATE EACH QUESTION. SCAN OR
READ ANY, OR ALL, CAREFULLY. PERHAPS SOMETHING RAISED HERE -MODIFIED OR
REPHRASED BY YOU - WILL ENHANCE TODAY'S DEBATE ABOUT TOMORROW.
RANDOLFE H. wicker
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
CLONE RIGHTS UNITED FRONT
reproductive
rights
legal
liabilities
SHOULDN'T
SPECIAL LIABILITIES FALL UPON THOSE WHO UNDERTAKE HUMAN CLONING TECHNOLOGY? WHAT
LEGAL MECHANISM COULD ENSURE THAT NO ONE COULD CREATE DEFORMED HUMAN BEINGS
WHILE PERFECTING CLONING TECHNIQUES AND THEN ABANDON FINANCIAL, MORAL AND SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE MISTAKES WHILE GOING ON TO MAKE A FORTUNE USING THE
PERFECTED technology?
facing
reality
who
has authority
IN A MARITAL RELATIONSHIP OR OTHERWISE, SHOULDN'T THE PERSON BEING CLONED HAVE MORE LEGAL RIGHTS/ RESPONSIBILITIES/ PARENTAL AUTHORITY REGARDING DECISIONS MADE ABOUT HIS/HER UNBORN TWIN? (i.e., TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AND/OR GUARDIANSHIP AFTER BIRTH).
DON'T PARENTS "PLAY GOD" BY DECIDING TO BEAR OR NOT TO BEAR OFF- SPRING?
WOULDN'T FAMILIES IN WHICH PARENTS BORE THE CHILDREN THEY DESIRED—INTELLLIGENT AND/OR MUSICALLY GIFTED AND/OR WITH ATHLETIC PROWESS—BE MORE COHESIVE, CLOSER AND STRONGER THAN OTHER FAMILIES WHEREIN CHILDREN RESULTED FROM THE CONVENTIONAL RANDOM COLLISION OF SPERM AND EGG WITH LESS PREDICTABLE RESULTS POPPING OUT OF THE WOMB? (EXAMPLES: BOOKWORM SONS BORN TO JOCK DADS; TONE DEAF DAUGHTERS BORN TO MUSIC LOVING MOTHERS.)
UNIQUE
family bonds
JOSHUA LEDEREERG, A NOBEL LAUREATE GENETICIST, WAS AN EARLY CHAMPION OF HUMAN CLONING. ('THE AMP-RICAN NATURALIST, SEPT/OCT 1966) HE POSTULATED THAT A SPECIAL BOND AND COMMUNICATION WOULD EXIST BETWEEN THE DNA DONOR AND THE HUMAN BEING CLONED WITH IT. WOULDN'T THIS CREATE AN ESPECIALLY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARENT CLONED AND THE CLONED CHILD/TWIN? A SINGLE WOMAN DESIRING A CHILD COULD CLONE HERSELF. THE RESULTING OFFSPRING WOULD BE BOTH HER DAUGHTER AND HER LATER-BORN TWIN SISTER. COULD ANY TWO BONDS BE CLOSER?
A
simple civil request
TO HUMANIZE THE DISCUSSION OF THIS ISSUE - NOT TO IMPOSE POLITICALLY-CORRECT STRICTURES ON LANGUAGE - THE HISTORICALLY VILIFIED AND DISCREDITED TERM "CLONE" (BOOKS, MOVIES, ETC.) SHOULD BE USED MINIMAL. MORE REALISTIC, MORE HUMANE AND LESS PREJUDICIAL TERMS LIKE "LATER BORN TWIN" AND "HUMAN BEING CONCEIVED THROUGH CLONING" SHOULD BE USED INSTEAD.
some realistic figures please
WHAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED TO BUT THE PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO CLONE HUMAN BEINGS? ISN’T $50,000 TO $100,000 A REALISTIC ESTIMATE?
RELIEF FOR HEADACHES INDUCED BY LEON KASS’S NEW REPUBLIC (6/2/97) TEN PAGE SERMON
“THE
WISDOM OF INTUITIVE ARTISTIC TRUTH.”
ANTI-CLONING PRO-CLONING
THE
NEW REPUBLIC (6/2/97)
cLONE rIGHTS uNITED fRONT
WHEN ISSUES ARE SO PROFOUND, BEYOND REASON'S POWER FULLY TO ARTICULATE THEM, CAN ART REVEAL THE UNDERLYING VERITIES OF CONFLICTING VIEWPOINTS? WHICH OF THESE TWO POLITICALLY CHARGED IMAGES WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO EMBRACE?
THAT UNENFORCEABLE RIGHT TO YOUR OWN DNA
IF ANY DNA CAN
BE USED FOR CLONING—DROPS OF SWEAT, FLAKES OF SKIN, PIECES OF HAIR, ETC
-WOULDN'T IT BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANY- ONE TO CONTROL THEIR DNA AND ITS POSSIBLE
USE IN CLONING?
The
new extended families of multiple twins
WOULD MEMBERS OF SUCH MULTIPLE TWIN CLANS DEVELOP A TYPE OF SECOND EXTENDED FAMILY? ("HI, MY NAME IS GARY, I'M PART OF THE FAMOUS, RENOWNED JIMMY CARTER CLAN. WE'RE HAVING OUR BIG ANNUAL GET TOGETHER THIS YEAR IN KANSAS CITY.”)
WHY DO SOCIAL CONCEPTS LIKE DAUGHTER—TWIN OFFSPRING AND NEW GENETIC BASED CLANS OF TWINS CREATE SUCH ALARM? HOW DO WE KNOW THEY’RE NOT ACTUALLY DESIRABLE?
New
religions based on cloning
THEY CALL THEIR CAMPAIGN "CLONAIDâ”, ARE BASED IN MONTREAL (PHONE 514-522-9311; FAX 514-532-5409) AND HAVE A WEB SITE ON THE INTERNET.
RAEL, THEIR LEADER, MAINTAINS THAT ON THEIR HOME PLANET, THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH (BROUGHT HERE BY UFOS MANY EONS AGO) ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED EXEMPLARY SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTIVE LIVES ARE REWARDED WITH ANOTHER LIFETIME THROUGH CLONING. CRIMINALS AND DESTRUCTIVE PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY ALLOWED TO DIE THE OLD-FASHIONED FINAL WAY.
and now a final word from our sponsor
CLONE RIGHTS UNITED FRONT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROPAGATING THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS. WE WILL FAX A DETAILED PRESS PACKET UPON REQUEST. WE ALSO MAINTAIN A FILE OF RESEARCH MATERIALS FOR REPORTERS AND WRITERS.
VOLUNTEERS ARE SOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO CAN FORM GROUPS AND PROMOTE PRO-CLONING VIEWPOINTS IN THEIR LOCALITIES. SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECTS, ACTIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
IF OUR MAIN LINE, 212-255-1439, IS TIED UP WITH FAXING, CALLS, ETC- OUR SECOND LINE IS 212-929-3632. DURING OFF HOURS, TRY 201-656-3280.
FOR INDEPENDENT FEMINIST CRITIQUE ON HUMAN CLONING, -CONTACT ANN NORTHROP, LESBIAN ACTIVIST AND LGNY COLUMNIST/AT 212-727-8674
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PREVENT
THE OUTLAWING OF CLONING!
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