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October 17, 2025
NJ Parents Keep Fighting State Over Storage Of Babies' DNA
Across the U.S., health departments draw small blood samples from newborns' heels to test for metabolic and genetic disorders. After a new mother discovered that New Jersey police had used DNA extracted from such samples in criminal investigations, she signed on as plaintiff in a suit that says parents have a right to refuse these blood draws.
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August 12, 2025
NJ Is Key Battleground In Fight Over Newborn Blood Tests
Newborn blood screening, a cornerstone of modern public health, is the focus of a debate over patient privacy, parental consent and what happens to the samples after initial tests are complete. A New Jersey court recently weighed in.
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August 02, 2024
New NJ Policy On Newborn Blood Falls Short, Parents Say
New Jersey's voluntary changes in its newborn-blood-testing policy fall short of solving constitutional problems with the program that screens infants for 62 disorders, a group of Garden State parents contend in their amended complaint filed Friday in federal court in a proposed class action against the state.
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November 03, 2023
NJ Keeps 'Creepy Database' Of Infant Blood, Parents Say
Like all U.S. states, New Jersey requires a small blood sample from every newborn, but unlike many other states it keeps that blood for decades in a "creepy database" and uses it in any way it chooses without notice or permission, in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, New Jersey parents claim in a proposed class action.