The suit alleges that the state’s retention of baby blood samples for purposes other than disease screening violates the Fourth Amendment. (Getty Images) Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit seeking ...
TRENTON - State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Thursday new restrictions and procedures for police seeking to obtain genetic evidence from a state database of newborn baby blood, but ...
As newborn screening programs expand to include babies’ entire genomes, parents must be made aware of the privacy risks and states must create rules to rein in unbridled police access to this data.