1450                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 695

(C) THAT DETECTION THROUGH SCREENING OF HEREDITARY
DISORDERS CAN LEAD TO THE ALLEVIATION OF THE DISABILITY
OF SOME HEREDITARY DISORDERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE
FURTHER UNDERSTANDING AND ACCUMULATION OF MEDICAL
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OTHER HEREDITARY DISORDERS WHICH
MAY LEAD TO THEIR EVENTUAL ALLEVIATION OR CURE;

[[(C)]] (D) THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT SEVERITIES OF
HEREDITARY DISORDERS, THAT SOME HEREDITARY DISORDERS
HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF
INDIVIDUALS, AND THAT SOME HEREDITARY DISORDERS MAY BE
WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY ALLEVIATED THROUGH MEDICAL
INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT;

[[(D)]] (E) THAT ALL OR MOST PERSONS ARE CARRIERS OF
SOME DISORDERS WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE
HEREDITARY PROCESS, AND THAT CARRIERS OF HEREDITARY
DISORDERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY UNAFFECTED BY THAT FACT;

[[(E)]] (F) THAT CARRIERS OF HEREDITARY DISORDERS
SHOULD NOT BE STIGMATIZED, AND SHOULD NOT BE
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY ANY PERSON WITHIN THE STATE OF
MARYLAND;

[[(F)]] (G) THAT MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE
IDENTIFICATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF DIFFERENT HEREDITARY
DISORDERS, AND THE TREATMENT AND CURE OF DIFFERENT
HEREDITARY DISORDERS, IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING, AND OFTEN AT
AN UNEVEN RATE, RESULTING IN THE DISCOVERY AND
IDENTIFICATION OF HEREDITARY DISORDERS LONG BEFORE
TREATMENT OR CURE FOR SUCH DISORDERS CAN BE FOUND;

[[(G)]] (H) THAT SPECIFIC LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO
ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC
HEREDITARY DISORDERS MAY TEND TO BE INFLEXIBLE IN THE
FACE OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE;

[[(H)]] (I) THAT STATE POLICY REGARDING HEREDITARY
DISORDERS SHOULD BE MADE WITH FULL PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE,
IN LIGHT OF EXPERT OPINION, AND SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY
REVIEWED TO CONSIDER CHANGING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND
ENSURE FULL PUBLIC PROTECTION;

[[(I) THAT THE EXTREMELY PERSONAL DECISION TO BEAR
CHILDREN, SHOULD REMAIN THE FREE CHOICE AND
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THAT SUCH FREE
CHOICE AND RESPONSIBILITY SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED BY
THE STATE; ]]

(J) THAT PARTICIPATION OF PERSONS IN HEREDITARY
DISORDER PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND SHOULD BE
WHOLLY VOLUNTARY, AND THAT ALL INFORMATION OBTAINED
FROM PERSONS INVOLVED IN HEREDITARY DISORDER PROGRAMS
IN THE STATE SHOULD BE HELD STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL;

(K) THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT STATE POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS FOR ANY HEREDITARY DISORDER COMPLY WITH THE
PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED. HEREIN, AND THAT IN ORDER TO
PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE FREEDOM, HEALTH, AND