Supreme Court Blocks Government Plan To Claim Ownership Of DNA | Infowars

In a long running case, a Supreme Court has ruled to limit the use of blood samples collected from newborns by the government.  The case has exposed the fact that there is an ongoing semi-covert movement by state and federal governments to claim ownership of every newborn baby’s DNA for the purpose of genetic research without the consent of individual citizens.  The Minnesota Court ruled Wednesday that the Minnesota Department of Health is violating the law in storing, using and disseminating newborn screening test results and newborn DNA…

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  1. Thurman Marcum 11/19/2011 / 2:57 PM

    Helen M. Meyer, voicing the majority opinion in this week’s ruling, writes:

    “The Genetic Privacy Act … restricts the collection, use, storage, and dissemination of blood samples collected pursuant to the newborn screening statutes…

    “The newborn screening statutes provide an express exception to the Genetic Privacy Act only to the extent that the Department is authorized to administer newborn screening by testing the samples for heritable and congenital disorders, recording and reporting those test results, maintaining a registry of positive cases for the purpose of follow-up services, and storing those test results as required by federal law

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