Health Law

Lauritch on Perceptions & Consent in Genetic Testing
Melissa Lauritch (Marquette University Law School) has posted Perceptions of Genetic Testing and Implications for Informed Consent on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Genetic testing is becoming more and more common to identify diseases in young children, and there is...

Predicting Probability: Regulating the Future of Preimplantation Genetic Screening
A medical procedure, known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), combines genetic testing and assisted reproductive technology (ART) to enable parents to screen their potential children before implantation for genetic or chromosomal characteristics.

New Yorker Ridicules DTC Genetic Testing
Anyone catch the piece "Double Helix Dept: Ptooey!" in the Talk of the Town section of the New Yorker (Sept 22, 2008)? 'Tis yet another take on 23andMe, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company...

German parliament approves bill limiting genetic testing
[JURIST] The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, approved a bill Friday restricting the use of genetic testing on humans. Specific provisions of the legislation, also know as GenDG, include requiring a person to consent and to consult a doctor before testing takes place, requiring both the mother and father to consent to a paternity test before it is performed, and preventing employers and insurance companies from requiring genetic testing except in specific circumstances...

US House passes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 414-1 [roll call] on Thursday to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) [HR 493 materials], a bill aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease...

The gap is widening on genetic testing, too
By Ricki Lewis Yesterday, Ricki examined the growing gap between science and the public on stem cells. Today, she turns her attention to genetic testing. Marketing tests based on whole genome association (WGA) studies were perhaps inevitable, for the approach...

US Senate passes legislation to bar discrimination based on genetic testing
[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...

Court has the authority to order exhumation of the decedents body to obtain sample for genetic testing
The decedent?s daughter and personal representative of his estate appealed an order of the Probate Court requiring her to submit to genetic testing and if she refuses to do so, ordering the exhumation of the decedent?s remains to obtain a...

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