QUIZ – CLONE RIGHTS: SOLDIERS/SEX SLAVES/HUMAN LAB RATS/ETC

[johnkarls]

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A. Is it illegal to -

A-1. Create an organism using human stem cells that were created from skin cells rather than an embryo – as MacNeil-Lehrer reported last fall is now possible???

A-2. Create an organism whose DNA is 25% of the way from chimp to human – as MacNeil-Lehrer reported a year ago had been done by the Yale U biology dept???

A-3. Create an organism whose DNA is 50% of the way from chimp to human – as MacNeil-Lehrer reported a year ago was being done by the Yale U biology dept???

A-4. Create an organism whose DNA is 75% of the way from chimp to human – as MacNeil-Lehrer reported a year ago the Yale U biology dept was about to attempt???

B. Should any of the organisms in A(1) through (4) have any constitutional rights, or can they be used as involuntary soldiers, sex slaves, etc???

C. Since there appears to be nothing illegal or unethical about creating an organism whose DNA is 99% of the way from chimp to human (otherwise, why would the Yale U biology dept be creating combo chimp/humans) -

C-1. How are we, as a society, in denying any rights to organisms whose DNA is 99% of the way from chimp to human, different from the Old South whose legal classifications were based on the percentage of African-American blood???

C-2. How are we, as a society, in denying any rights to organisms whose DNA is 99% of the way from chimp to human, different from Hitler’s Third Reich whose legal classifications were based on the percentage of Jewish blood???

D. If we believe that an organism created from human stem cells created in turn from skin cells (or that organism whose DNA is a certain percentage of the way from chimp to human - say 99% to start the discussion going) should have constitutional rights and legal protection, then what should we do about the possibility that other countries in the world may not accord any legal rights to similar organisms that they create???

E. Presuming that all of us believe in evolution, what rights (if any) should be given to an organism that evolves from chimps and whose DNA is a certain percentage (say 99% to start the discussion going) from chimp to human???