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While Massachusetts has one of the lowest rates of out-of-wedlock births and divorce in the country, 14,000 children see their parents separate, and 20,000 children are born out of wedlock in an average year in the state, according to panelist Marilyn Ray Smith, a legal counsel for the state's Child Support Enforcement Division...
Several proposals for the governance of genetic information are before the Massachusetts legislature at the committee level. State representatives mustn't drag their feet and should make passing effective legislation a priority. Ideally, such legislation will restrict the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment and closely regulate the retention and disclosure of genetic information. Responsibilities for enforcement will be assigned and testing laboratories and physicians alike will be required to clearly explain individuals' rights upon any test or disclosure of results. Such careful regulation will ensure that genetic information is always used in a responsible manner...
Massachusetts, as a state, has the third highest number of residents without any explicit protections of genetic information. Implementation of genetic information regulations will not only remove this blemish but will also protect individuals in a time when genetic information will only become more commonplace...
Sachin H. Jain '02 is a resident of Mather House and author of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Initiatives in Health Care Reform report, "Understanding the Code: A Comprehensive Survey of State Genetic Information Laws...
...least the state of Miami was able to pluck a bit of triumph from what could have otherwise been just another bizarre chapter in Simpson's life after the murder trial. The two police officers that went to Prody's house after the 911 call were required to give Simpson a brochure on how to recognize and prevent domestic violence...