DNA Records Sought "For Every Briton"

DNA Records Sought for "Every Briton"

Hmmm . . . what mischief could this bring about? The obvious one mentioned in the article is that Health Insurance companies could get a hold of the information and use it to deny coverage to some customers because of certain genetic markers.

Other potential trouble maker spots:

• Use of DNA profile to pre-sentence people with genetic markers for criminal behavior even if they have done nothing wrong.
  
• Use by the UK’s national health care system to deny treatment for certain conditions or to mandate treatment based on genetic indicators.
  
• Use by the legal system as an additional tool for prosecution on matters unrelated to the crime at hand (i.e. the defendant has a genetic disposition toward severe depression or bipolar disorder even though this is unrelated to the current crime being prosecuted).

DNA tests sought 'for every Briton'

Every single person in the UK should be compelled to have their DNA on the national database in an effort to prevent crime, a senior police officer has argued.
Currently about two million people who have been charged with criminal offences have their DNA profiles on the national database.
But Kevin Morris, chairman of the Police Superintendents Association, told the Times newspaper opposition to extending the scheme to every man, woman and child was overstated.