February 21, 2004
Alcor legislative alert in Arizona
It looks like the lawgivers in Arizona are trying to shut down something they fear:
As you may have heard, Alcor is currently engaged in a serious legislative matter. Representative Bob Stump has introduced a bill to the Arizona House of Representatives that proposes to regulate cryonics. HB 2637 (embalmers; funeral establishments; storing remains) proposes cryonics be regulated under the Funeral and Embalmer's Board and that Alcor's use of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) be stripped.
Even if you're not a member of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, I urge you to contact the legislators mentioned in the alert to assist the organization. Your own life may eventually depend on the outcome. Posted by Russell Whitaker at February 21, 2004 11:00 AM | TrackBack
You might want to check out the new Open Letter on this at:
http://alcor.org/sports.htm
Posted by: Van Sickle on February 23, 2004 06:49 PMRussell, there is a good article by Ronald Bailey over at Reason Magazine on its website about this issue, http://www.reason.com/rb/rb022504.shtml
To be frank, I am amazed that panic mongering politicians, flat-earth greens and the usual wingnuts from the religious groups have not tried to shut down cryonics much earlier. I think I am right in saying that it is banned in France.
Posted by: Tom on February 25, 2004 06:08 AM
I don't get cryonics. I think its a waste of money. But I can think of no better industry that needs to find a way to protect itself from the state for the long term.
There are hundreds of thousands of us outside the crionics sphere who also want such protection... there are lots of potential places-- Niue is experiencing a population loss. Other countries have large sections of land that the government has given up.
Any libertarian who has a house can afford to put $20,000 up for buying or finding a place to live in peace... get 20,000 of them and thats $400M not counting any money that cryonics or other such foundations have to insure tehmselves against aggressive states.
I wish there was a popular movement towards such a state... we have the energy, we seem to lack the leadership. (And the FSP doesn't fit the criteria for me, they are still subject to the feds. I mean, find an island and buy it, or negotiate a 500 year lease with a government for autonomy, etc.)
