Slide 1: We did our project on Laws Protecting Genetic Information. What do we need to protection from? Genetic Discrimination.
Slide 2: Genetic Discrimination is defined by the dictionary as: “an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction based on one’s genetic information or hereditary traits.” While today there are few examples of genetic discrimination, in the future there could be numerous ways to genetically discriminate. For example, imagine if you were applying to university, and they made you send in a vial of your spit to test for intelligence genes to base their application decision on. This would be an example of genetic discrimination.
Slide 3: Currently, in Canada; we have a law protecting us from genetic discrimination called Bill-S 201 or The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act. Introduced to parliament by MP: James Cowan and passed on March 8th, 2017, this law prohibits an individual to be required to disclose genetic information to any party that provides goods or services to the individual. This means employers, landlords, insurers, or people offering services or goods are prohibited to require your genetic information. There are two parties that are exempt from this law and they are: researchers and doctors.
Slide 2: Genetic Discrimination is defined by the dictionary as: “an act or instance of discriminating, or of making a distinction based on one’s genetic information or hereditary traits.” While today there are few examples of genetic discrimination, in the future there could be numerous ways to genetically discriminate. For example, imagine if you were applying to university, and they made you send in a vial of your spit to test for intelligence genes to base their application decision on. This would be an example of genetic discrimination.
Slide 3: Currently, in Canada; we have a law protecting us from genetic discrimination called Bill-S 201 or The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act. Introduced to parliament by MP: James Cowan and passed on March 8th, 2017, this law prohibits an individual to be required to disclose genetic information to any party that provides goods or services to the individual. This means employers, landlords, insurers, or people offering services or goods are prohibited to require your genetic information. There are two parties that are exempt from this law and they are: researchers and doctors.