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The President, The State of the Union, and Genetics

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the god-schmod-i-want-my-monkey-man dept.

At last night's State of the Union, the president said "Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research, human cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling or patenting human embryos." Jamie happened onto a link today which humorously and insightfully addresses this bit from the speech. It's worth your time. Relatedly segphault writes "Ars Technica has an interesting look at scientific research and technology proposals included in Bush's State of the Union address."

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  1. Ethics of genetics by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe you guys disagree with Bush's proposal. But HOW would you change it? What would you remove?

    Is it valid to sell or buy a human embryo? To clone embryos? To make human-animal hybrids?

    As with all controversial issues, it's not possible to please everybody. So I'd like to ask slashdot what parts they agree and disagree with, and why.

  2. Re:This guy just makes me cringe. by stupidfoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Divorce rate stats are fun to play with. Here's another way of looking at it:

    Roughly 66% of first time marriages last until one, or both, partners die. Thus the 33% who get divorced once are also fairly likely to get divorced a second time.