Bill To Outlaw Genetic Discrimination In US

fatduck sends us a brief note from New Scientist about the overwhelming passage in the US House of Representatives of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. As written, the bill would prohibit insurance companies from charging higher rates, and employers from discriminating in hiring, based on the results of genetic tests. A Boston Globe editorial notes that the bill has been held up in the Senate by the action of a single senator, who has an (outdated) objection based on his anti-abortion stance. President Bush has said he will sign the bill if it reaches his desk.

Comments

At long last.

[CosmeticLobotamy]

Now if they would only do something about flying car fuel efficiency standards.

Damnit

[amplusquem]

I have the legendary cytosine-guanine combo going for me.

Oh NOW you tell me

[rantingkitten]

After I already paid the guy to become a borrowed ladder and spent four weeks in leg braces to get taller. Thanks for nothing!

Re:Will "illegal" mean it won't happen?

[John Jorsett]

It's illegal to fire someone for trying to start a union at his place of work, but I got fired, anyway. They claimed I had quit.

Couldn't you have made it obvious by screaming and clutching at the drapes as the security guards dragged you out?

BASIC MEDICAL NEEDS ARE COMMUNISM!!!!11

[crabpeople]

"This sounds like socialized medicine via the back door."

I guess by your inflection we are to assume you are not in favour of socialized medicine? This is why americans don't deserve socialized medicine. They are arrogant, selfish and deserve to die pennyless in the street from common bacterial infections. May the last sound your wheezing body hears, be some guy on a cel phone pausing from his conversation to tell you to 'get a job' before spitting in your tear soaked face.

non-humans?

[mastershake_phd]

Wouldn't this mean you couldn't refuse to hire my dog if he filled out an application? I think rover might finally pull his own weight.