Illegal Baby DNA Profiling at Birth Without Parental Consent - Newborn Screening Genetic Testing

Newborn Genetic Testing (AKA "Newborn Screening") Diana Waletzko at the Citizens' Council on Health Care Press Conference on Protecting Baby DNA. Tuesday, August 4, 2009. "Newborn screening is the largest genetic testing effort in the nation and is primarily performed by state public health laboratories." - Genomics and Disease Prevention, a book published on the website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Plantiff's Memo of Law on MN Baby DNA Lawsuit - Submitted by Attorney Randy Knutson for 10/9/09 Hennepin County Court Hearing http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/Plaintiffs-Memo-of-Law-FINAL.pdf HHS Proposes to Set National Policy to Permit State Government Retention of Newborn DNA - WITHOUT Parent Consent Requirements. http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/sfs26aug09_draft.pdf Not without my Permission: Parents Willingness to Permit Use of Newborn Screening Samples for Research http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/tarini_biobanking%20paper_parent%20attitudes.pdf Real Life Stories - Taking Baby DNA http://www.cchconline.org/reallifestories.php 50 States - How Long State Governments Keep Baby DNA http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/50_States-Newborn_Blood_Retention_Policies_FINAL.pdf Taking Baby DNA; Photo from 2005 MN Department of health provider manual http://www.cchconline.org/images/photobloodprick.jpg Citizens Council on Health Care http://www.cchconline.org/issues/NewbornGeneticTestingMN.php Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_6_uro9Nd4&feature=player_embedded Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/user/CitizensCouncilHC