The Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series Signature Piece

The Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series Signature Piece

“Consequences”, the signature piece from the Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series by Mariam Muradian. The artist was rapidly losing her sight throughout the painting of the entire series; this one signature piece was painted by Mariam Muradian when she was blind (a side effect suffered from a medication given to assist her heart). The Genetic Bill of Rights was drafted in 2000 by The Council for Responsible Genetics and GeneWatch, yet most people do not even now that it exists. These rights exist for everyone; to inform people that they have the right to govern their own genes, bodies, cultures, and biodiversity.The entire card set is worth owning and sharing. The knowledge this series embodies is priceless.

2007 Copyright. All Rights Reserved to Mariam Muradian.
Acrylics, oil pastels, charcoal on 48”x 60” canvas.

This artwork is on the cover of GeneWatch Magazine, August/September 2007
and is part of the “CRG SPONSORS NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
DNA DATABANKS AND RACE: Issues, Abuses, and Actions Announcement.

You can also go to URL http://www.thebigboxofcolors.org/ourmission/thegbrpaintingseries.html
to read the GeneWatch Magazine Cover Story Article about the series.

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THE GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS

1. All people have the right to preservation of the earth’s biological and genetic diversity.

2. All people have the right to a world in which living organisms cannot be patented, including human beings, animals, plants, microorganisms and all their parts.

3. All people have the right to a food supply that has not been genetically engineered.

4. All indigenous peoples have the right to manage their own biological resources, to preserve their traditional knowledge, and to protect these from expropriation and biopiracy by scientific, corporate or government interests.

5. All people have the right to protection from toxins, other contaminants, or actions that can harm their genetic makeup and that of their offspring.

6. All people have the right to protection against eugenic measures such as forced sterilization or mandatory screening aimed at aborting or manipulating selected embryos or fetuses.

7. All people have the right to genetic privacy including the right to prevent the taking or storing of bodily samples for genetic information without their voluntary informed consent.

8. All people have the right to be free from genetic discrimination.

9. All people have the right to DNA tests to defend themselves in criminal proceedings.

10. All people have the right to have been conceived, gestated, and born without genetic manipulation.

Spring, 2000
Copyright. All Rights Reserved to The Council for Responsible Genetics

The Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series Signature Piece belongs to the following groups:

Hard Science Rocks and The Healing Journey