Tag Archives: genetic testing
Bill S-231 & DNA Evidence: Effective Tool or Discrimination?
Erin Kenny, Katharina Clausius, and Michael J. Crawford detail how the expanded use of DNA profile databases and genealogy in criminal investigations offers powerful tools to solve crimes and exculpate innocents but also risks permanently stigmatizing genetic relatives.
Genetic Discrimination: Provincial & Territorial Laws Needed
Leah Hutt and Elaine Gibson propose that Federal legislation is insufficient to fully protect the genetic information of Canadians, so provinces and territories must enact laws and regulations within their jurisdictions that can help to ensure further protection for all Canadians from genetic discrimination.
The Privacy Paradox and Duty to Warn
Kathy Hodgkinson and Daryl Pullman propose that high risk/high recurrence genetic diseases should come under the purview of public health.
The Privacy Implications of Human DNA Sequencing
Landon J. Getz explores the privacy minefield of commercial DNA Sequencing, and how it has become relevant in recent news.
Choice, not ‘Reflex’: Routine Prenatal Screening
Vardit Ravitsky warns that routine Non-invasive Prenatal Screening can undermine women’s reproductive autonomy and she calls for broad societal changes and policies that help promote individual choice.
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