All people have the right to a food supply that has not been genetically engineered. All indigenous peoples have the right to manage their own biological resources, to preserve their traditional knowledge, and to protect these from expropriation and biopiracy by scientific, corporate, or government interests. All people have the right to protection from toxins, other contaminants, or actions that can harm their genetic makeup and that of their offspring. All people have the right to protection against eugenic measures such as forced sterilization or mandatory screening aimed at aborting or manipulating selected embryos or fetuses. All people have the right to genetic privacy including the right to prevent the taking or storing of bodily samples for genetic information without their voluntary informed consent.
All people have the right to be free from genetic discrimination.
All people have the right to DNA tests to defend themselves in criminal proceedings. All people have the right to have been conceived, gestated, and born without genetic manipulation. All Rights Reserved. May be reproduced without permission only in its entirety, including this copyright notice. Thank you for visiting the EarthLight Magazine web site.