Dear Soldier,
The UPI recently carried a story about the mother of a slain Israeli soldier living in Ramat Gan, Israel, who won court permission to use her dead son’s sperm, extracted from his body, to fertilize a donor egg and thus create for him a son and for her a grandson. The dead soldier had not married, but had expressed a strong wish to have an heir were he killed in combat. (See http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070119-010448-3336r
Perhaps you too are unmarried and want an heir. That should be your right, but at present your government does not grant you this right. Should you sacrifice your life in combat, your government would rather that you remain without an heir. Your semen or eggs will not be extracted from your body. Your line will come to an end.
More importantly, perhaps, you do have your DNA, which—given an enlightened government—could be harvested and deposited in a DNA bank. This DNA could then be used later when cloning becomes safe for humans, and you could return to your loved ones as a newborn again.
Is this controversial? Of course it is. But why should you stay dead after being killed in combat, when the possibility exists that you could again come to life through your “offspring”—in this case, your clone.
Indeed, the issue of cloning concerns all sodiers and their families.
The slain Israeli soldier’s mother would most likely have preferred to see her son reborn rather than the son of her son (though she will love him, too). But at the present time, outdated religious scruples stand in the way of making such a course a reality.
Nothing comes without asking. A letter requesting that the government harvest your DNA, should you be killed while in service, may be in your best interest.
The letter, attached below, asks for two things:
1) that your DNA be preserved in a DNA bank; and
2) that research in cloning human beings be given the green light and proceed at full speed.
It is irresponsible and immoral of your elected representatives to send you into situations where you may have to sacrifice your life, but are offered no biological recompense when today such a recourse is possible and when with further research, cloning offers such an opportunity to both sexes.
Please read the DNA HARVESTING FOR FUTURE CLONING Request Form below and act!
DNA HARVESTING FOR FUTURE CLONING
Request Form
I, _______________________, a citizen and soldier of the United States of America, while expressing loyalty to my community and government, which loyalty includes the sacrifice of my life if circumstances demand, believe that it is my right as a member of this community to expect that:
in the event of my death in service, my community and government will offer me the opportunity to be reborn as an identical twin, i.e., a clone.
Therefore, I respectfully request that
1--my community and government pursue all phases of research in human cloning;
2--my genes be preserved in government-maintained gene banks in perpetuity;
3--when human cloning becomes possible, in the event of my death, my genes be implanted and carried by a volunteer mother;
4--following my rebirth, I find myself in a household that nurtures me and supports me through childhood and indeed is a base of support to me throughout my life; and
5--the household/community recognizes my life sacrifice and therefore pursues a course of peace with determination.
In return, I swear allegiance to my community in perpetuity.
Signed: ____________________
Date:
Your address:
Please read, sign, and mail by means of the U.S. Postal Service, to the President, your Congressman or Congresswoman, your Senator, and your favorite media outlets. This form is your direct address to the President and the Nation.
Addresses:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20500
For your senators and representatives, check the Congressional Email Directory:
www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
