Institute for Justice reveals newborn DNA can be stored indefinitely in government labs to be used in police investigations without a warrant.
Newborn DNA can be stored for months, years or indefinitely at government labs . New Jersey police were found to obtain samples for a case without a warrant. READ MORE:Nearly every US-born baby has blood drawn to check their risk of about 60 rare diseases within hours of coming into the world.
New Jersey can store samples for up to 23 years, while others like California, Massachusetts and Maine are indefinite. Nurses fill six spots on a special filter card when administering the screening that is then sent to a lab for testing, but leftover samples are stored for the specific allowed time. Other states that store newborn DNA for years have regulations to limit what can be done with the samples, and some, like Alabama and Arizona, let parents refuse blood retentionIn December 2020, it was revealed that investigators in California had sought access to newborn screening samples for criminal investigative purposes and made at least one arrest using the genetic material.
Approximately 29 US states provide parents with forms to refuse to screen, including Alabama, New York and Nevada. New Jersey police obtained blood samples without a warrant to convict Brian Avis for the rape of a 10-year-old girl in 1996 and a five-year-old girl in 2003 The prototype test is based on a study of the blood samples of 45 babies that experienced oxygen deprivation at birth, known as birth asphyxia, which increases the risk of risk of disabilities such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy.
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