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Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
… Congress in the 1990s at a time when genetic testing and genetics research was taking off at breakneck speed. GINA … diagnose a disease, or they might refuse to participate in genetics research. H.R. 2748 would prohibit insurance … protections against employment discrimination based on genetics. More on that later!   1996 Sen. Olympia Snowe …
Event
Join us on Wednesday, May 25, as scholars and scientists answer audience questions and address the complexities surrounding historical and present-day eugenics and scientific racism in the context of existing and developing genetic and genomic screening technologies.
… and ethical uses of these technologies?   Do such clinical interventions reify or reduce already existing …
Timeline
A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
… claims it is possible to perfect people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this … current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
Event
On January 25, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute will hold a roundtable on social and behavioral genomics.
… Donohue, NHGRI 1:10 - 1:40 p.m. — Moderated Discussion: Genetics in postwar social and behavioral research Moderator: … Resources   Statement: American Society of Human Genetics Board of Directors On The Report of the ASHG Facing … Future Initiative  (PDF) American Society of Human Genetics - January 24, 2023   Avoiding Ableist Language: …