GEORGE W. Bush has announced that he will support legislation banning
employers and insurance companies from discriminating against people on the
basis of genetic tests. It’s the first time he has spoken out on the issue since
he became president five months ago.
In his weekly radio address, he equated discrimination based on genetic test
results with bias against race, age and gender. “Genetic discrimination is
unfair to workers and their families,” he said. “It is unjustified . . . because
it involves little more than medical speculation.”
Tom Daschle, leader of the Democrats in the Senate, tried to pass…
