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Bush signs legislation barring genetic discrimination

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

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[JURIST] US President George W. Bush Wednesday signed into law [press statement] a bill aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) [HR 493 materials] had passed with overwhelming majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate [JURIST

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