Senate Passed Bill to Prevent Forced Micro-chipping

Radio Commentary, WMVV 90.7 New Life FM, February 5, 2010
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. Right now we’re facing the threat of mandatory microchip implants for human beings. Before you say that can’t happen here, I assure you, it is on the horizon. On August 21, 2006 an online article stated that the VeriChip Corporation boasted of talking with the Pentagon about implanting RFID tags in our military. Think about it! Wouldn’t our enemies be thrilled to capture American soldiers embedded with microchips full of their personal information?

Then, think about this. During the September 2005 Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Justice John Roberts, Senator Joseph Biden (the current Vice-President) said, “Can a microscopic tag be implanted in a person’s body to track his every movement? There’s actual discussion about that. You will rule on that – mark my words – before your tenure is over.”

In 2006, two employees of a Cincinnati video surveillance company were implanted with VeriChips, so they could access a secure room. That was voluntary, but it brings up questions. Could employers make implanted microchips a condition for getting or holding a job? Could insurance companies require customers to get chipped or pay higher premiums if they don’t? The answer to both questions is YES, unless there’s a law to prohibit it and such a law does not exist for the entire population at this time. Ironically, because prisoners were protected from forced microchip implants in a bill that passed last session, prisoners in Georgia are the only Georgians now protected from mandatory implantation of radio frequency identification chips.

Will government require all of us to be chipped, so they can detect disease? Before you think that’s a ridiculous idea, let me explain. It’s under discussion now. Forcing humans to submit to microchip implants would violate the American right to be secure in our persons, but a system using microchips for disease detection, surveillance and reporting has been patented and is being manufactured, specifically for use in humans. Since 24/7 real-time surveillance would be the only way to immediately detect disease, it would be necessary to chip the entire population.

Several states have passed laws against forced microchip implants in humans. In Georgia, three bills have been introduced to do that, but one died and two are alive for this session. H.B. 38 is stuck in the House Judiciary Committee, but S.B. 235 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, unanimously, on January 28th. Senate Rules Committee, chaired by Senator Don Balfour, passed it out on February 3rd, and yesterday, February 4th, by a vote of 47 – 2 it passed the full Senate. The next stop is the House, but we won’t know which committee will handle it until next week. If this passes both House and Senate, no one could implant a microchip in your body without your permission. To see the proposed implant as described in a May 7, 2009 white paper, go to www.receptorsLLC.com and look for “white paper.” For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.