U.S. House Votes to Outlaw Discrimination by DNA
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill outlawing genetic discrimination. This bill was on the books 12 years ago, and had passed The Senate twice (unanimously), but never made it through The House.
Well, it just passed 420 to 3, and the White House is backing it, so things are looking good for the Jerome Marrows of the future. And things are looking bad for the insurance providers that would love to turn you down after a finger-prick blood test says you have 99% chance of having a massive heart attack by age 31. The Chamber of Commerce was lobbying hard against this one, but it was lobbying that fell on (naturally birthed) deaf ears, apparently.
That actually sounds great. The future looks bright for Jerome. There is no way the Chamber of Commerce can shut it down.
Note: Apr 24th, 2007: 50th Anniversary of Watson/Crick “DNA” (nucleosides made of four bases; guanine, adenine, thymine, cytosine: thus “ga-tt-aca” and Mr. (bone) Marrow(s).
And, after the vote, there might be egalitarian hope for the future genetic white males . . . !! Dr. Metrix