Senate OKs bill barring genetic discrimination
April 24th, 2008From the Baltimore Sun:
Legislation barring employers and insurers from discriminating against Americans on the basis of genetic information won Senate approval 95-0 today, paving the way for passage of a law that supporters say will help usher in a new era of medicine.
The measure will go back to the House, which is expected to pass it. President Bush has indicated support.
“I’m absolutely over the moon,” said Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, whose genetics research has been stymied by the refusal of one-third of potential test subjects to participate for fear of the consequences.
… Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts called it the “first civil rights bill of the new century.”
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