I can disagree with people about political, social, and moral issues and still respect them. But when they resort to the kind of deceptions that permeate S. 812, the Feinstein/Hatch bill to legalize human cloning and pay women to procure eggs for use in research—which pretends to ban human cloning and egg selling—it really makes me see red. So, I have detailed the Feinstein/Hatch deceptions in this piece in the Daily Standard.
I write: How can a bill to legalize human cloning be instead called a ban? Through the time-tested method of disingenuous legislating—the bogus definition. Here’s a rarely discussed truth: Key words and terms in legislation mean only what a bill’s authors say they mean, rather than their actual definitions. If a dung beetle was defined in legislation as a butterfly, for the purposes of that bill, the dung beetle would be a butterfly. Which is essentially what S. 812 does. It defines the term “human cloning” inaccurately and unscientifically so that Feinstein and Hatch can pretend their bill will outlaw human cloning.
Read the rest to see the whole sad saga. Is it any wonder the American people are so distrustful of politicians and their government?
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