Rights
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Some seldom occurring diseases are becoming prevalent now.Therefore, it is our right to explore and know the genetic basis for complex diseases like diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and heart disease - illnesses whose origins can be traced to the effects of multiple genes, as well as social and environmental factors.
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Though it might seem shallow, a persons future spouse has the right to know if his or her partner has a chance of being affected by certain illness. That illness may be a recessive trait and can be passed on to the offspring of the the partners. If a person knows, based on his genome sequencing, that he is likely to develop a certain disease, he can take precautions to thwart the onset of the disorder.
But, also, it is your choice whether or not to view your genetic information. "A cardinal principle that we must not stray from — no exceptions — is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it." - Francis Collins. As said by Collins in this interview, it is your authority to decide who gets access to your genetic information.
We are also entitled to have a fair insurance policy and job opportunity, even based on our genetic information. If someone has a specific disorder revealed by their genome, they should still qualify for a just insurance policy and not be charged extra or refused service. If a future employee has a specific disorder, he should not be deprived the job opening based on genotype. If he does get the job he should also not be victimized by his peers and colleagues.
"People who are in a position of finding out that they’re at risk for some illness, whether it’s breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information — even though it might be useful to them — because of fears that they’ll lose their health insurance or their job. The Human Genome Project has studied this issue. We have this ethical, legal and social implications program. We have ten years of good scholarship on this, and it’s clear that we need effective federal legislation to make that not possible. And there are bills that have been written and introduced, and we just need to get them passed and be done with it. It’s clear what has to be done here." - Francis Collins