Bill banning forced identity-chip implants clears House

Invasion of privacy is an issue that really gets under State Rep. Babette Josephs’ skin. That’s why the Philadelphia Democrat introduced a bill, passed unanimously [emphasis mine] last week by the House, that would ban the forced implantation of computer chips in humans.

Conjuring Orwellian images, Josephs worries the identification devices – the size of a grain of rice – could lead to a real-life Big Brother nightmare. “I’m doing, I think, what the legislature does too little of,” she said. “This is a problem on the horizon, and I want to address it before it becomes a societal disgrace.”