It isn’t often that I’d agree with something published in an editorial in a British newspaper, but I do agree with this one. I’ve been concerned for some time about the implications of genetic privacy, and if we want to keep from being victimized (e.g., by being denied insurance or employment) on account of our genetic profile, we need to get a system of strong genetic privacy laws in place.
Everybody has a gene that predisposes them to something bad lurking somewhere in their genetic code.
Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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Jimmy, you’ve been reading the Guardian???
Say it isn’t so Jimmy…say it isn’t so!
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Would it be immoral to buy insurance from an insurance company if you knew you had a genetic predisposition to something and you didn’t disclose it to the insurance company?
Would it be immoral to refrain from getting yourself genetically tested prior to purchasing insurance, if you thought you might have a genetic predisposition to something?
I think we have a system in place. What we need is to implement the system.