Thursday April 19, 2001

FATHER OF DNA SCIENCE PROPOSES GENETIC MANIPULATION WITH HUMANS

NEW YORK, Apr 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) - Dr James Watson, one of the three Nobel Prize-winning scientists who unlocked the DNA code, has written an article in favour of genetic manipulation with humans. He proposes manipulation of the genes of embryos (called germ-line therapy) in an effort to remove supposed defects. Watson realizes that the process could lead to destruction of embryos but has no qualms with abortion or even infanticide to "banish genetic disability."

LifeSite reported in September 1997 that Watson promoted abortion for genetic disability saying that had he found out he would have chosen to abort his own autistic son if he had known of his condition before birth. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children notes that Dr Watson is an advocate of eugenic abortion and infanticide. He wrote in 1973: "...most defects are not discovered until birth. If a child were not declared alive until three days after birth, then all parents could be allowed the choice... the doctor could allow the child to die if the parents so choose and save a lot of misery and suffering." [Children from the Laboratory, AMA Prism, ch.3, p.2, J.Watson, May 1973]

See Watson's article in the London Independent at:
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=66804

(with files from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children www.spuc.org.uk)

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