Threatening Privacy and Public Health

Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health

by Crystal Grant, Activist Post: States must craft policies to rein in unbridled police access to newborn blood samples. Nearly every baby born in the U.S. has blood drawn in the immediate hours after their birth, allowing the baby to be tested for a panel of potentially life-threatening inherited disorders. This is a vital public […]