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Sex, Lies, And Genetic Testing: What Are Your Rights To Privacy In Florida?, Jon L. Mills
Sex, Lies, And Genetic Testing: What Are Your Rights To Privacy In Florida?, Jon L. Mills
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Individual and human rights in this country have evolved from national movements and national standards. The Fourteenth Amendment's application of rights to the states was a landmark in human rights, guaranteeing all citizens, no matter their state of residence, a baseline of protection. The Federal Constitution was the protector-“states' rights” was the code phrase for discrimination. But in the American crucible of cultural diversity a national standard for “community” may result in the lowest common denominator or a definition based on averaging. Would it not be better when the most individual of rights, privacy, is implicated to define that right …