The Gallery of Just Plain Assholes (Part 2)

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

I’m starting to believe this is a story in need of a map of the US, so parents have a better idea of what states allow hospitals to routinely collect from babies, which ones share the data (with law enforcement or private companies), and which ones keep the samples for…reasons:

Interesting, thoughtful stories

I had no idea that collecting DNA in this way was a common practice in CA. The conflict between the needs of medical researchers and patients who expect privacy (as well as transparency) continues: [Legislation could force California health officials to go public with DNA sharing information]