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In 2005, A German politician proposed that all babies should be genetically fingerprinted at birth. Do you agree? What does genetic fingerprinting mean? Who should control the information obtained and who should have access to the information. What are the advantages, disadvantages, and potential problems associated with this proposal?

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The advantages and disadvantages of exposing personal genetic information reflective of a German proposal are discussed.

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Presently, the western world is not spiritually evolved enough to handle the information properly. From a simply scientific perspective it would be a valuable collection of data. For economic reasons, prevention is much more cost effective than treatment and medical professionals along with geneticists and ...

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