Editing Genetic testing (section)

===In the United States===
With regard to genetic testing and information in general, legislation in the United States called the [[Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act]] prohibits group health plans and health insurers from denying coverage to a healthy person or charging that person higher premiums based solely on a [[genetic predisposition]] to developing a disease in the future. The legislation also bars employers from using genetic information when making [[Recruitment|hiring]], [[Termination of employment|firing]], job placement, or [[Promotion (rank)|promotion]] decisions.<ref name="OMB support">[http://www.genome.gov/Pages/PolicyEthics/GeneticDiscrimination/SAPonHR493.pdf Statement of Administration policy], Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 27 April 2007</ref>
Although GINA protects against genetic discrimination, Section 210 of the law states that once the disease has manifested, employers can use the medical information and not be in violation of the law, even if the condition has a genetic basis.<ref name="pmid34221431">{{cite journal | vauthors = Chapman CR, Mehta KS, Parent B, Caplan AL | title = Genetic discrimination: emerging ethical challenges in the context of advancing technology | journal = Journal of Law and the Biosciences | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = lsz016 | date = 2020 | pmid = 34221431 | pmc = 8249090 | doi = 10.1093/jlb/lsz016 }}</ref> The legislation, the first of its kind in the United States,<ref name="tedkennedy">{{cite web | url = http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=4FCF8E86-4706-4E74-B451-36253C5A425D | title = Kennedy in support of genetic information nondiscrimination bill | date = 24 April 2008 | access-date = 28 May 2008 }}</ref> was passed by the [[United States Senate]] on April 24, 2008, on a vote of 95–0, and was signed into law by President [[George W. Bush]] on May 21, 2008.<ref name="Law">{{cite news | url=http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/05/the-genetic-inf.html | title=Genetic Discrimination by Insurers, Employers Becomes a Crime | vauthors = Keim B | work=Wired.com | date=May 21, 2008 | access-date=2008-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52305 | title = Administration News: President Bush Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation Into Law | work = Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report | publisher = [[Kaiser Family Foundation]] | date = 22 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090329011924/http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=52305 | archive-date = 2009-03-29 }}</ref> It went into effect on November 21, 2009.

In June 2013 the US Supreme Court issued two rulings on human genetics. The Court struck down patents on human genes, opening up competition in the field of genetic testing.<ref>{{Citation |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/us/supreme-court-rules-human-genes-may-not-be-patented.html |title= Justices, 9-0, Bar Patenting Human Genes | vauthors = Liptak A |author-link= Adam Liptak |newspaper= [[New York Times]] |date=June 13, 2013 |access-date= June 30, 2013}}</ref> The Supreme Court also ruled that police were allowed to collect DNA from people arrested for serious offenses.<ref>{{Citation |title= Justices Allow DNA Collection After an Arrest | vauthors = Liptak A |author-link= Adam Liptak |newspaper= [[New York Times]] |date= June 3, 2013 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/supreme-court-says-police-can-take-dna-samples.html |access-date= June 30, 2013}}</ref>