For now, geneticist and physicians generally agree that no one should be tested just because of fear of an illness. Doctors should offer testing only to those people whose family history suggests that they could carry harmful forms of genes. On the other hand, one should consider the psychological and emotional effects on those people whose genetic tests revealed that they are under risk of such genetically inherited diseases. Most people would choose not to know about their genetic make up that might show that they are under risk, simply because they do not want to spend their lives worrying about some thing that is only possibility. In the future, there will be a dramatic increase in the amount of patients genetic data.
Genetic information can be a great benefit to the individual persons.
However, one of the most dangerous aspects of new technology is the danger of the genetic information becoming available to other people who might be involved in making decisions, that affect every aspect of our lives, especially employers and health insurance companies. This might lead to a genetic discrimination, and recent surveys indicated that health insurance coverage has been denied to many people due to their genetic status. An important question is whether it is ethical to use abortion for some treatable diseases such as PKU, which when detected as a new born , can be treated with a dietary measures. People tend to be more worried about genetic screening tests for people with mental diseases , people diagnosed with the XYY syndrom were imprisoned for long time, as they are considered violent. There are many other issues that could be topics of discussion about the right of people to have their genetic data confidential.