I have posted previously on the logistical difficulties in legislating against genetic discrimination.
The prospect that genetic information not only affects insurance and employment opportunities is alarming enough. But it has many other implications: it could be used to deny financial backing or loan approval, educational opportunities, sports eligibility, military accession, or adoption eligibility. At the moment, the number of documented cases of discrimination on the basis of genetic test results is small.
"What information about an individual’s whole genome should remain private, and when should it remain private?" This blog post by One Crown Office Row addresses the issue of Whole Genome Sequencing and how it will affect the 7 billion people on the planet. How will we protect WGS data?
