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The article does obliquely reference the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), but then says it can be changed. This law was passed in 2008, for the
by rflrob 8y ago
The article does obliquely reference the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), but then says it can be changed. This law was passed in 2008, for the most part before the rise of consumer ancestry tests. It seems unlikely to me that a major rollback of protections on these data is going to be easy to pass.
- _rpd 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrimination_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Information_Nondiscrim... Interesting, I'd like to read more commentary on this act. Anyone?