National Council on Disability Releases Genetic Discrimination Legislation Paper

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: March 4, 2002 | Copyright information

WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released a position paper (http://www.ncd.gov/ whatsnew.html) calling for federal legislation providing strong antidiscrimination protection to people with genetic predispositions as well as those with already-manifested disabilities and health conditions.

For a number of years, NCD has recognized the harmful effects of discrimination based on individuals' genetic information and supported the need ...

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