Federal DNA database? A Brave New World?

Question

What do you think about this?

Thanks to DAR for the following link
http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article16908

Here are further links:

S.1858 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1858

and H.R. 3825
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3825

Answer 1

******We are the last generation to have any real "privacy"! Pretty soon, all will know that "Big Brother is Watching"!

Great for solving crime, but everyone will become accessible to the public, and nothing will be considered unaccessible!

Answer 2

First of all, has anybody heard of somebody being a Chimera? That would be somebody that actually has TWO SETS OF DNA. Yes. Two sets. Look it up. Next, has anybody ever heard of Hitler? What Hitler wanted to do was create the perfect race. One of the things DNA can be used for, of course, is genetic testing. I would not doubt that, sometime in the near future, say 10 years, if you have "defective" genes, you will not be allowed to have children. I know this sounds out there, but look at everything else this government has done. Just the very fact that by law they are allowed to take your DNA should make you wonder. What is the true purpose? Back to the Chimeras, what about them? How is our government going to be able to distinguish who is and isn't a Chimera?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)

Answer 3

this is for mbadgjl...



there was a show on Chimerism on Discovery or TLC. A mom had her kids taken away from her becuase their DNA did not match. Sometime in the future she was tested again, and a different set of DNA showed. THAT matched her kids. She eventually got her kids back, but what a terrible thing to go thru. I think Chimerism is the result of twins' blastocysts combining early in the pregnancy. Can be either male or female, sometimes results in Hermaphroditism (sp)

Answer 4

Aren't they telling you in America that it is really for law enforcement, or would that be unconstitutional?

The UK is on the edge of putting everyone on the Police database, they have pretty close to universal consent of around 70% of the population. It would have it's uses, clear a lot of crimes etc but it does do away w. the presumption of innocence and will lead to co-incidental matching when we are all on it.

Answer 5

I'm a big proponent of protecting constitutional rights and such, but this doesn't really bother me. It would definitely make things easier for law enforcement.



The government already keeps sensitive information on every citizen in the US (SSN, tax records for example) and they just passed a bill banning insurance/health care discrimination based on DNA.