Articles and Commentary

Nucleus of the debate

By Richard Hayes, San Francisco Chronicle | 04.17.2002

HUMAN CLONING will soon be voted on by the U.S. Senate. Unfortunately, a polarized political climate and lack of political leadership could block urgently needed legislation.

The great majority of people intuitively understand that the creation of cloned children would...

Biopolitics

Human Germline Manipuation and Cloning as Women's Issues

By Marcy Darnovsky, GeneWatch | 06.30.2001

While the prospect of genetically "redesigned" people challenges humanity as a whole, it particularly threatens groups that historically have been disempowered. And because human germline engineering and cloning are so closely tied to reproduction, they are of special concern to...

Human Cloning

The Quiet Campaign for Genetically Engineered Humans

By Richard Hayes, Earth Island Journal, Spring 2001 | 11.30.2000

We are fast approaching the most consequential technological threshold in all of human history: the ability to directly manipulate the genes we pass on to our children.

Development and use of these technologies would irrevocably change the nature of human...

Eugenics

In the Pipeline: Genetically Modified Humans?

By Richard Hayes, Genetic Crossroads | 02.04.2000

From Multinational Monitor, Jan/February2000 http://www.essential.org/monitor>

"Scientists have long speculated that parents would someday be able
to genetically engineer their children for appearance, physical and
mental abilities, or other traits of choice. For most people these
predictions have seemed...

The New Eugenics: The Case Against Genetically Modified Humans

By Marcy Darnovsky, Different Takes (Spring 2000) | 11.30.1999

Published by the Hampshire College Population and Development Program

At the cusp of dot-com frenzy and the biotech century, a group of influential scientists and pundits has begun zealously promoting a new bio-engineered utopia. In the world of their visionary...

A "Post-Human" Future?