National DNA database gets kickstart from feds

[oldsoul]

With virtually no fanfare, President Bush signed into law a plan ordering the government to take no more than six months to set up a "national contingency plan" to screen newborns' DNA in case of a "public health emergency."

The new law requires that the results of the program

[Hei Hu Quan]

Nice, this should complete the paperwork on what they've been already carrying out covertly for a number of years now.

[Maragenie]

All I can say is if I have a child god help the cunt that trys to stab it with a needle.

[mastermg]

Is there any waivers or papers you can sign to keep your baby's info from being stored?

[kolnidre]

Is there any waivers or papers you can sign to keep your baby's info from being stored?

They've sent blood samples to government agencies since the early 70s. This legislation just makes it retroactively kosher. I'm not aware of an opt-out option, but perhaps there's something about hospital births in the fine print.

Dodd should be run out of the state for introducing it. Lastly, is it me or does Ron Paul sound a lot more like a politician these days than a representative of real flesh and blood constituents? How can he even sympathize with the bill's stated goals?

[Canard]

Is there any waivers or papers you can sign to keep your baby's info from being stored?

They've sent blood samples to government agencies since the early 70s. This legislation just makes it retroactively kosher. I'm not aware of an opt-out option, but perhaps there's something about hospital births in the fine print.

Dodd should be run out of the state for introducing it.

That's not the only reason, his father was one of the lead enforcers at Nuremburg.  If you guys come by, we can try it.