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| According to article 6 of the Law on Biomedical Research no one shall be the object of any type of discrimination on account of his/her genetic characteristics. A person may also not be discriminated on the basis of his/her refusal to undergo a genetic analysis, to provide his/her consent to participate in a biomedical research or to donate biological material, particularly in relation with the giving of medical health care assistance that corresponds to the person. The general principle of non-discrimination is also guaranteed by the Spanish constitutional law. The first article of the Constitution stipulates the following: “Spain constitutes itself into a social and democratic state of which advocates liberty, justice, equality and political pluralism as the superior values of its legal order”. The basic principle of equality is elaborated in article 14. According to this provision all Spanish citizens are equal before the law, without any discrimination for reasons of birth, race, sex, religion, opinion or any other personal or social condition or circumstance. |