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. 1993 Jul;53(1):26-32.

Genetic discrimination and the public entities and public accommodations Titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act

J S Alper  1 , M R Natowicz
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Genetic discrimination and the public entities and public accommodations Titles of the Americans with Disabilities Act

J S Alper et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

The introduction of newly developed medical genetic diagnostic tests has been accompanied by social problems involving privacy issues and genetic discrimination. Previous studies of genetic discrimination have focused on the areas of employment and insurance. In this paper, we provide six hypothetical illustrative cases of genetic discrimination involving access to public entities and to private entities considered to be public accommodations. We argue that many of these forms of genetic discrimination that arise in both the public and private sectors should be prohibited by Titles II and III, respectively, of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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