On Wisconsin! User ID: 3160 United States 04/27/2006 01:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wisconsin is going to outlaw Mandatory Microchip Implants in People State Would Outlaw Mandatory Microchip Implants By Bill Christensen
posted: 25 April 2006 10:49 pm ET RFID microchips implanted in humans? Who would think of such a thing? Here are a few examples: VeriChip RFID Tag Patient Implant Badges Now FDA Approved U.S. Company Implants Chips in Workers RFID Tags Proposed to Halt Blackmarket Cadaver Trade
You're not even safe from being 'chipped when you're dead.
But you'll be safe in Wisconsin, if State Representative Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids, gets his bill passed. A proposal moving through the Wisconsin Legislature would prohibit anyone from requiring people to have the tiny RFID chips embedded in them or doing so without their knowledge. Violators would face fines of up to $10,000.
Verichip Corporation, based in Florida, has federal approval to implant these rice grain-sized RFID chips in people. The procedure is very similar to getting a shot; typical sites for implantation are the back of the hand and the upper arm.
Wisconsin's former governor Tommy Thompson supported the idea of chip implantation for medical identification reasons; he even joined Verichip's board of directors. However, he hasn't gotten the chip himself.
If this bill passes, Wisconsin would be the first state to ban mandatory microchip implants.
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 3160 United States 04/27/2006 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Wisconsin is going to outlaw Mandatory Microchip Implants in People |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4776 United States 04/27/2006 01:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Wisconsin is going to outlaw Mandatory Microchip Implants in People Bravo for Wisconsin!
But with the federal government passing laws limiting state's rights to pass laws such as this, it's really just pissing in the wind. |