Legislation must prohibit both health insurers AND employers from collecting predictive genetic information and from using it to discriminate in the health care system and the workplace. Legislation must provide individuals who experience genetic discrimination the right to seek redress through legal action, with access to meaningful remedies. Legislation must ensure that those entities holding genetic information about individuals will not disclose it to third parties without the permission of individuals. There are ethicists, scholars, physicians, lawmakers, industries and consumers all over the country who are watching as the genetic discrimination issue unfolds. There is a groundswell of grassroots activity in all 50 states demanding protection.
Genetic conditions are universal.
Every man, woman and child has genes and the potential implications that they might carry. We must demand that our legislators put aside their party strategies and do what is right for the citizens of this country. We cannot proceed without laws protecting our genetic legacy. The future is in our hands. All rights reserved Please send web questions to the Webmaster .