Posted on 12/24/2014 10:46:37 AM PST by Plummz
Newborn screening for medical disorders is becoming an increasingly common practice. This seems like a good thing; however, along with the potential benefits of screening, there are concerns that some states are not obtaining parental consent before doing the screening. There are also legitimate concerns that state governments will store the child's DNA in a database.
No one should be surprised to learn that there is a federal program funding newborn screening, and readers of this blog should not be surprised to learn that legislation extending this program was rammed into law in the lame duck session of Congress.
However, Senator Rand Paul was successful in getting a victory for parents' rights by attaching an amendment to the bill forbidding the use of a newborn's blood spots in federally funded medical research without parental consent.
More details on this issue and Senator Paul's amendment are available from WORLD magazine.
Here I am, a DNA screener, and with the tap of a finger, I access the (illegal gummint DNA database) and tap once more to "send" and a third tap brings me back to the space invaders game I was playing as my supervisor walks by nodding approvingly as I waste time and get paid
The trouble with this is that the bureaucracy, especially the 17 agency intelligence community, and the 100+ organizations of federal police, are so far out of control that they are outlaw organizations.
They no longer care what the law says, especially when then law does not allow them to do what they want to do.
The IRS, for example, while not mostly an intelligence or police agency, is running amok and indifferent to congressional oversight. Dozens or even hundreds of IRS agents and other employees are intentionally breaking the law, then covering each others tracks.
Until congress puts its foot down and orders the arrest of such lawbreakers, congress has no authority to do anything. Perhaps only Mitch McConnell and John Boehner have no problem with congress being ineffectual, but eventually congress must act.
Probably will be an opt out program or more likely they will gather the data and use it whether you give consent or not.
It’s opt-in.
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