Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?
As predictive medicine accelerates through polygenic risk scores, legal experts are raising alarms that current U.S. anti-discrimination laws may be insufficient to protect employees from genetic bias. While the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was signed into law in 2008 to prevent health insurers and employers from using genetic data to deny coverage or employment,…