genkartlegging

From: Karsten Johansen (kvjohans@online.no)
Date: Sat Mar 11 2000 - 13:31:48 MET


Tony Blair leder Storbrittania mot den teknopoliske og nekropoliske
totalitarismen. Den teknisk perfeksjonerte herskerstaten som kapitalismen
skaper med total kontroll av "borgerne", dvs. slavene/befolkningsressursene.
Total genetisk kartlegging av den enkelte er et avgjørende skritt mot
totalitarisme. Det avskaffer definitivt den enkelte som fri personlighet
og erstatter det fri menneske med VAREEKSEMPLARET, beheftet
med feil staten kjenner og kan bruke mot det. Enhver ytring og handling
kan deretter mistenkeliggjøres med henvisning til genetiske avvik fra
statens norm.

Et neofaraonisk herredømme som realiserer Mussolinis,
Hitlers, Stalins og de andres drømmer om total kontroll.

Karsten Johansen

Daily Telegraph i dag:

Mass genetic testing of pregnant women on way By Rachel Sylvester

A NATIONAL genetic testing programme for pregnant women is being set up in a
move that could lead to mass screening of the population.

New guidance has been sent out to health authorities telling them to offer a
range of genetic tests to pregnant women who could be carrying a disorder.
They have also been advised that counselling about an abortion should be
given as a matter of course if the foetus is found to be abnormal. The
recommendations, drawn up by the Government's Advisory Committee on Genetic
Testing, call for a dramatic expansion in the number of women tested on the
National Health Service.

Everybody with a family history of illness and ethnic groups more
susceptible to particular disorders should be tested automatically, the
report says. More controversially, it suggests that "screening the whole
pregnant population or a large sub-group, which is collectively at a low
risk, may be undertaken with the aim of identifying those at a higher risk
so that more specific tests may be offered".

Until now, genetic testing has been organised regionally with tests targeted
at narrowly-defined groups. The Government has shied away from general
screening programmes because ministers fear being accused of pursuing a
policy of "eugenics". However, the report, which has been endorsed by the
Department of Health, concludes that a national policy is now essential to
keep up with the pace of scientific progress. "It is clear that genetics
centres see only a proportion of the individuals and families who would
benefit from comprehensive genetic services," it says. "It may be that in
some cases neither the family nor the family doctor may be aware of the
genetic implications of a condition and the possible options available to
them."

The committee urges the Government and health authorities to invest in more
testing centres, including national facilities for rare disorders. At the
moment there are only 19 centres in England, covering about 49 million
people. Health authorities are advised that written consent should be
obtained before any tests are carried out.

The guidance also makes clear that women should be offered an abortion as
one option if the test finds a genetic abnormality. "Those who undergo
prenatal diagnosis have the wish to have a healthy child. Thus when a foetus
is found to have a genetic, chromosomal or structural abnormality, some may
. . . choose to seek a termination of the pregnancy."

The report advises doctors: "A photographic record of the foetus may be
valuable for two purposes: as a record for completion of the examination and
for possible later consultation, and as a memento for the family. The style
of photography should differ for these two purposes."

Anti-abortion campaigners accused the Government last night of encouraging
parents to want "designer babies". Paul Tully, general secretary of the
Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, said: "This will encourage
the mentality that a child is expected to be perfect and that the health
service is there to eliminate those who are not perfect. That is an affront
to the dignity of all disabled people, it says they are worth less than
others."

A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "We want all health
authorities to have the same standards and procedures so all patients get a
fair and equal treatment when they have these sort of tests."



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