the grand coalition at odds over the law on genetic testing.
the Düsseldorf Rheinische Post reported on Saturday, CSU and SPD are divided about whether genetic testing of children in the womb are to be allowed to reveal information about disease risks in later life.
The health spokeswoman for the SPD, Carola Reimann, told the Journal: "I hope that the Union is not insisting that the investigation into possible future outbreak of disease to prohibit and thus endangering the entire legislative package. "
The ethics expert for the CDU parliamentary group, Hubert Hüppe (CDU), said, however, it does not may be that the SPD failed on the law because they necessarily prenatal diagnostics would allow possible diseases like Alzheimer's.
The draft law on genetic testing was adopted in August 2008 by the Cabinet. The law is to comprehensively regulate the handling of investigations on the human genome and should be adopted in this legislative session.
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bill of the Federal Government: a draft law on genetic studies in man (Gene Diagnostics Law - GenDG), BT-printed matter 16/10532, 13.10.2008
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