Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Human Testing
Did you know that since 1996 you can be tested on for medical purposes without your consent?
The federal government said it will now reconsider a controversial loophole that allows human medical experiments without the subjects' consent. The decision comes in the wake of a highly-criticized experiment involving a blood substitute product, Polyheme, which was given to trauma patients in 27 U.S. cities without their knowledge. Our 20/20 report on the Polyheme trials detailed how the FDA had come under fire for allowing the experiment to proceed despite heavy criticism from many in the medical community.

It was Dick Durbin, a Democrat, who pushed for funding for Polyheme.
What happens when you test on people without their knowledge or consent? Some people in Tuskegee, Alabama know.

And on our Fascism meter this comes in as a number 2.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
Written at 4:37 PM by Lynne.
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