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US Senate passes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday voted 95-0 [roll call] in favor of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) [HR 493 materials], legislation aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. Employers would be barred from basing hiring and firing decisions on genetic risk or predisposition to

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).

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