Gov't allows DNA to be taken from citizens at birth

[Stout1]

Tweet National “DNA warehouse” bill passes


AAPS News of the Day
April 28, 2008
Passing the House of Representatives on a voice vote, S. 1858 has been sent to President Bush for signature. The Newborn Genetic Screening bill was passed by the Senate last December. The bill violates the U.S. Constitution and the Nuremberg Code, writes Twila Brase, president of the Citizen’s Council on Health Care (CCHC). “The DNA taken at birth from every citizen is essentially owned by the government, and every citizen becomes a potential subject of government-sponsored genetic research,” she states. “It does not require consent and there are no requirements to inform parents about the warehousing of their child’s DNA for the purpose of genetic research. Already, in Minnesota, the state health department reports that 42,210 children of the 780,000 whose DNA is housed in the Minnesota ‘DNA warehouse’ have been subjected to genetic research without their parents’ knowledge or consent.”


The federal government lacks the Constitutional authority as well as the competence to develop a newborn screening program, states Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX). He states that all hospitals will probably scrap their own newborn testing program and adopt the federal model, whatever its flaws, to avoid the loss of federal funding.
“Drafters of the legislation made no effort to ensure that these newborn screening programs do not violate the privacy rights of parents and children,” Dr. Paul noted.
Ms. Brase has called on President Bush to veto the bill.

[FUZO]

Tweetthe bill will get veto'd

[Stout1]

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the bill will get veto'd

It passed the House and at the end it says it's up to Pres Bush to veto it. I don't think he will.

[T-Man007]

TweetSo, what's the point of this whole thing? How is this governement expense going to benefit the country? We have food cost and gas cost going through the fukin roof and they want they to spend OUR money on this stuff. What a crock of crap!

[Klash]

Tweetcorrupt motha phuckers

[angryoldman]

TweetThat is about the most unconstitutional thing the Government can do. Take someones DNA without them knowing? WTF? Bush is against Stem Cell research. So maybe he'll be against stealing infant DNA. But I doubt it.

[Schiznick]

TweetI think this is an EXCELLENT idea, I had this idea about 3 years ago... this will help solve a whole lot of rapes and murders down the road..

im pretty sure this is to just keep a database for future things like that... I personally dont have a problem with it