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Senate Passes Genetic Discrimination Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — People learning through genetic testing that they might be susceptible to devastating diseases wouldn't also have to worry about losing their jobs or their health insurance under anti-discrimination legislation the Senate passed Thursday.

The 95-0 Senate vote sends the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act back to the House, which could approve it early next week. President Bush supports the legislation. More... [1]


Source URL: http://www.xprize.org/genomics/press-mention/senate-passes-genetic-discrimination-bill

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[1] http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9PKo1Dr67gVSZWb-B4tOfMvmgDwD908E2D00