[metmom]

Well, for one thing, they’re not talking about felons and rapes. This is just data collection for the sake of it and I don’t trust the government for anything ever.

I trust it even less in a case like this.

It starts out innocent sounding enough, like in the cases you mentioned, but it will NOT end up that way. I would fight it simply because it gives the government way too much information and control. Can you imagine how this could be misused under obamacare?

And besides, they’ll only be able to collect from legal citizens who use the medical facilities.

The potential for abuse of this information way outweighs any alleged benefit.

[pandoraou812]

I agree with you. If it was used for the right purposes that would one thing but we can't trust the govt. Hell they can't get the samples into the database they already have. I don't even know if I was going to ever have a child again that I would go to a hospital even though I am high risk. I get MRSA each time I go there. It would be one thing if you were asked & wanted to give it. Some parents would. However I still say they are taking it w/o permission or will. I don't even want to think what 0 will do with it.

Stole your ...I don’t trust the government for anything ever, it makes a good tag line because sadly it is too true.

If they can't get the felons & rapists etc into the database since it so backed up how do they plan to get babies DNA into one? I would think that felons etc would be of more importance then collecting the babies DNA but then this is the govt we're talking about. Can't finish one thing before they have another plan. Shaking my head again & thinking how much I hate the morons in the WH.