... medical insurance and point out that release of genetic information to insurance companies puts a severe disadvantage on the person who is screened, as well as violates the patients right to privacy. If the genetic information that is gathered by this method is not safeguarded and kept as doctor patient privilege only, some people could be denied medical insurance because of their ... out to do. This research will be of great benefit to the human race. People should be allowed to decide for themselves if they want to know what their genetic flaws are. For some people knowing that you wi...

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... make our own decisions because it was founded on the beliefs of liberty. "The essence of democracy is that a government is not a reproductive dictatorship" (Pence: Who's 100). The right to privacy is important for each individual person, and it is believed that an individual's right to reproduction should be free from restrictions. "Frank Kameny, the Moses of the gay movement in ... . With this gene type therapy, cells and embryos can be altered to prevent all sorts of life threatening diseases such as Huntington's disease, Cown's syndrome, and other genetic defects or flaws (Pence: Who'...

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