Richard Hayes (biotech policy advocate)
Encyclopedia
Richard Hayes is Executive Director of the Berkeley
, California
-based Center for Genetics and Society
. He was previously Executive Director of the San Francisco Democratic Party
, and Associate Political Director and then National Director of Volunteer Development for the Sierra Club
. In the early 1990s he chaired the Sierra Club’s Global Warming Campaign Committee.
According to Bill McKibben
in 2004's Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, Hayes is ”one of the leading crusaders against germline manipulation,” that is, the modification of inheritable human genetic traits. Hayes has briefed United Nations delegates on the need for a global ban on human cloning, and has testified in support of international oversight of human biotechnologies, and against the cloning of pets. He is quoted in a 2002 article in Newsweek International declaiming the "vacuum of leadership," regarding responsible oversight of human genetic technology, noting that "[t]hese technologies ... have developed so rapidly that there is not the type of structure to regulate them". He holds a PhD from Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.
Berkeley
-United Kingdom:* Berkeley, Gloucestershire** Berkeley Castle**Berkeley * Berkeley Square, London* Berkeley Square, Bristol-United States of America:*Berkeley, California, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area...
, California
California
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-based Center for Genetics and Society
Center for Genetics and Society
The Center for Genetics and Society is a nonprofit information and public affairs organization, based in Berkeley, California, United States. It encourages responsible use and promotes the regulation of new human genetic and reproductive technologies, to confine them to what it considers...
. He was previously Executive Director of the San Francisco Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, and Associate Political Director and then National Director of Volunteer Development for the Sierra Club
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
. In the early 1990s he chaired the Sierra Club’s Global Warming Campaign Committee.
According to Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben
William Ernest "Bill" McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College...
in 2004's Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age, Hayes is ”one of the leading crusaders against germline manipulation,” that is, the modification of inheritable human genetic traits. Hayes has briefed United Nations delegates on the need for a global ban on human cloning, and has testified in support of international oversight of human biotechnologies, and against the cloning of pets. He is quoted in a 2002 article in Newsweek International declaiming the "vacuum of leadership," regarding responsible oversight of human genetic technology, noting that "[t]hese technologies ... have developed so rapidly that there is not the type of structure to regulate them". He holds a PhD from Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.
Selected speeches and publications
- "Genetic Engineering Limits—A Planet Responds", (2008-12-22) The Cutting Edge
- "Is There an Emerging International Consensus on the Proper Uses of the New Human Biotechnologies?" (2008-06-19) Testimony before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade.
- "Our Biopolitical Future: Four Scenarios." 2007. World WatchWorld WatchWorld Watch is a program on SBS One and SBS Two in Australia that carries news bulletins from countries around the world. The World Watch service gives viewers the opportunity to see news bulletins in their native language...
- " Stem Cells and Public Policy." (2006) The Century FoundationThe Century FoundationThe Century Foundation is an US progressive think tank. It was founded as a nonprofit public policy research institution on the belief that the prosperity and security of the United States depends on a mix of effective government, open democracy, and free markets. The Foundation is headquartered...
, New York, NY. - Opening Remarks (2006) The American Association for the Advancement of Science Consultation on Human Enhancement.
- "Inequality, Democracy and the New Human Biotechnologies." (2004-06-15) The Century Foundation, New York, NY.
- "Inequality, the Environment, and the Human Future." (1994-05-21) Commencement Address, University of California, Berkeley, Energy and Resources.
Source
- Profile, Center for Genetics and Society.