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Knowing Thine Enemy?: a book to look out for August 1, 2008 — Joanne Faulkner cover image for Enhancing Human Capacities by Julian Savulescu et. al Some of you — and especially philosophers on the ‘what sorts’ team — will know of a controversial Australian ex-pat ethicist who likes to provoke

Tomorrow’s Children is a 1934 drama that intends to make a bold statements about everything that is wrong with forced sterilization. Thanks to the magic of YouTube and the passage of time this film is both available for viewing and in the public domain.

President Bush signed into law, on May 21st, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Beyond the expected healthcare provisions it also had two very HR related provisions: It prohibits discrimination in all areas of employment on the basis of genetic information of the employee or employee's close relatives.

In response to Gutter Ball Master's post, "Dr. Paul May Do Harm", I offer the following article as rebuttal. I do not claim to be in total agreement with it, but I present it as an opposing viewpoint. I Favor Discrimination "If ever anyone wants to discredit me, he can cite the title of this article.

Act protects women from financial pressure to abort children with genetic disorders - In an important blow to the eugenics movement, President George Bush yesterday signed into law a bill preventing health insurance companies and employers from discriminating against born or unborn individuals on the basis of genetic information.

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As expected, this afternoon President Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ("GINA") into law. GINA adds "genetic information" to the list of classes of employees protected by the federal employment discrimination laws.

From LifeSite News TOLEDO, May 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Crystal Dixon, associate vice president of human resources at the University of Toledo, was first suspended then fired after writing a letter to a local newspaper. In it she responded to a previous article released by the paper that compared the discrimination of homosexuals to that of African-Americans.

Caution urged in choosing gene tests Headlines from the Associated Press Mon, 05/05/2008 - 15:02 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everyone's genes spell out a risk for some disease, and a coming anti-discrimination law is about to give genetic testing a boost....

Both chambers of Congress and President Bush gave approval to legislation this week aimed at ensuring the problems in the credit markets don't prevent students from getting college loans by, for one, increasing the limit on how much borrowers can receive in federally subsidized student loans.