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US to outlaw corporate prejudice based on genes NewScientist Wednesday, 09 May 2007 11:31:47 EDT
Soon it will be illegal to deny US citizens jobs or insurance simply because they have an inherited illness, or a genetic predisposition to a particular disease.
On 25 April, the House of Representatives voted 420 to 3 to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The Senate is expected to endorse the act within a few weeks, which is also supported by President Bush. "I am so stunned by the majority," says Sharon Terry, president of the Genetic Alliance, a charity lobbying for the rights of people with inherited illnesses.
"Clearly the House finally understood the incredible significance this has. The American public can now access genetic tests, feel safe about their genetic information not being misused and participate in research that involves genetic information."
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11787
Those fascist! How intolerant would it be of them by not hiring people who have the genetic disposition not to fit the job?
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