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The topic area for 1999-2000 is bioethics.  You'll find here a link to the topic paper.

The final 5 resolutions in draft form are:

RESOLVED: That the United States Federal Government should . . .

• 1. codify the UNESCO resolutions on bioethics.
• 2. significantly increase regulation on human genome research.
• 3. significantly increase restrictions on the development, use and/or sale of genetically modified organisms.
• 4. significantly increase restrictions on the development, use and/or sale of products of medical biotechnology.
• 5. substantially reform the Food and Drug Administration.
• The fifth draft resolution will have to be significantly revised to limit to the parameters of the topic area. The committee welcomes your recommendations on this as well as the other resolutions.

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Here are the suggestions that were made on IE-L and by the topic committee:

The resolution suggestions are RESOLVED: That . . .

GENERIC/BROAD

• the USFG should enact a uniform bioethics policy for the nation.
• the USFG should enact a nationwide bioethics policy.
• the USFG should enact a uniform bioethics policy for all health care providers in the nation.
• the USFG should repeal laws that have great negative ramifications on a beneficial biotechnologies field.
• the USFG should codify the UNESCO resolutions on bioethics.

GENETIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• the USFG should substantially strengthen the regulation of human genetic information.
• the USFG should establish a uniform policy regulating human genetic information.
• the USFG should substantially increase restrictions on the use of and/or research on human genetic information.
• the USFG should adopt a comprehensive policy to regulate the use of genetic information.

TESTING/RESEARCH ISSUES

• the USFG should significantly restrict the use of genetic testing.
• the USFG should substantially strengthen the regulation of applications for biological research.
• the USFG should significantly restrict animal testing.
• the USFG should significantly increase regulation on human genome research.

HEALTH CARE ISSUES

• the USFG should significantly strengthen the standards of managed care.
• the USFG should significantly strengthen the standards for health care providers.
• the USFG should significantly increase access to health care for all US citizens.
• the USFG should guarantee unversal health care coverage for all US citizens.
• the USFG should significantly change its policy toward health care for citizens in the US.
• the USFG should enact a policy to advance patients' health care rights.
• the USFG should increase its efforts to prevent communicable diseases.
• the USFG should adopt policies to improve the quality of health for all US citizens.
• the USFG should adopt policies to significantly increase the prevention of health risks.
• the USFG should adopt a comprehensive policy to promote a more healthy lifestyle among US citizens.
• the USFG should significantly increase its regulation of alternative medicine.
• the USFG should substantially increase sanctions for violations of medical ethics that result in injury.

GENETIC ENGINEERING

• the USFG should significantly restrict the use of genetic engineering.
• the USFG should enact a policy to limit genetic engineering.
• the USFG shold develop more rigorous standards for the use of genetic engineering.
• the USFG should promote the research and development of cloning and/or genetic engineering.

BIOTECHNOLOGY

• the USFG should substantially restrict the use of biotechnology.
• the USFG should increase restrictions on the development, use, and/or sale of genetically modified organisms.
• the USFG should increase restrictions on the development, use and/or sale of the products of agricultural biotechnology.
• the USFG should increase restrictions on the development, use and/or sale of the products of industrial biotechnology.
• the USFG should increase restrictions on the development, use and/or sale of the products of medical biotechnology.
• the USFG should significantly regulate genetically modified products.
• the USFG should significantly increase its regulation of the food and/or agricultural biotechnology industries.

OTHER (SORT OF)

• the USFG should substantially reform the Food and Drug Administration
• the USFG should significantly change its policy on one of the following: reproductive rights, euthanasia, genetics, or health care.
• the USFG should prevent the proliferation of biological weapons worldwide.

Committee Members you may contact during the voting process: *denotes elected member.

Eddie Myers, Louisiana State University

Marty Birkholt*, Creighton University

Joel Hefling*, South Dakota State University

Susan Millsap*, Otterbein College

Josh Ewing*, University of Pennsylvania

NFA-LD Resolutions: 1999-2000