55 Percent of Americans Think Americans Should Be Allowed to Buy Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests

In November, the Food and Drug Admininstration
ordered the direct-to-consumer genotype screening company
23andMe to stop selling its Personal Genome Service to the public.
Why the ban? Because the agency bureaucrats fear that Americans are
too stupid to handle the information supplied by the company. The
company has agreed to stop selling to new customers will still
provide updates to current customers. The December Reason-Rupe Poll
asked:

Do you think the government should prohibit people from [Buying
genetic testing kits that provide information about a person’s DNA
(such as information about risk factors for certain diseases)], or
should the government allow people to do this?

•
Prohibit………………………………………….37%

•
Allow……………………………………………..55%

• DK/Refused………………………………………8%

But the FDA thinks it knows better than the majority of
Americans.