A spokesperson for the US Bishops' Conference praised the passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493), which passed unanimously in the Senate on April 24 and subsequently with only one nay vote in the House. The bill, initially authored by Rep Louise Slaughter (D-NY), bars employers and health insurers from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their own or their family's genetic information.

Deirdre McQuade, Assistant Director for Policy and Communications at the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-life Activities, said, "Today the Senate took a stand for some of the most vulnerable members of the human family, whether born, yet to be born, or placed for adoption. No one should be discriminated against on the basis of genetic testing."