Genetic Discrimination Bill in Canada passes 222-60
https://www.google.ca/amp/news.national ... nation/amp
Liberal backbenchers vote against Trudeau, pass law banning genetic discrimination
In voting for what is known as Bill S-201, the backbench Liberals, along with all Conservative, NDP and Green Party MPs made it a crime for, among other things, insurance companies to demand potential customers provide a DNA test in order to get a policy. Additionally, no company will be able to deny someone a job if they fail to have their genes tested.
Protection from discrimination because of an individual’s genetic makeup will now be written into the Canadian Labour Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Here is a little info on why banning genetic discrimination is so important, taken directly from the senator's website who created BILL S-201
https://roliphant.liberal.ca/page/bill- ... ackground/
Unfortunately, our laws in Canada have not kept pace with science. In Canada, unlike most other Western nations, if one has a genetic test, there is no law, either at the federal or provincial level, that provides protection against a third party demanding access to genetic test results and then using those results, often to one’s detriment. That is what is called genetic discrimination.
Canadians have encountered problems in employment, insurance as well as having been denied custody or access to children in divorce cases— and have even been denied the opportunity to adopt a child because of their genetic test results.
Fear of genetic discrimination is causing many Canadians to reluctantly decide to not proceed with genetic testing that their doctors believe would help with their health care. Perhaps even more importantly, it is forcing parents to decide between potential discrimination and access to the best medical care for their children. That is a decision no parent should have to make.
To ensure the best possible health outcomes for Canadians, Bill S-201 creates a new Genetic Non-Discrimination Act that would prohibit service providers from demanding genetic testing or requiring that a person disclose the results of past genetic testing. It also provides for a complaint procedure for federal employees facing disciplinary action because of results from genetic testing. Lastly, it adds “genetic characteristics” as a prohibited ground of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act.
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Another reason you need to tighten your southern border. I believe America will policy will go the other way. If a genetic discrimination bill is passed it will be meaningless because it will be written by the industry and Autism Speaks and the Simons foundation.
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This is about the rights of people who are alive not to be discriminated against because of their genetic makeup. This bill does not address abortion based on genetic testing.
This is about the rights of people who are alive not to be discriminated against because of their genetic makeup. This bill does not address abortion based on genetic testing.
Pre-born lives matter.
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This is about the rights of people who are alive not to be discriminated against because of their genetic makeup. This bill does not address abortion based on genetic testing.
Pre-born lives matter.
In what way?
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