Police allegedly obtained a blood from a newborn testing lab in New Jersey to crack a 1996 cold case and while some are calling it an achievement, others believe it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Many parents may not know that blood drawn from the newborn can be stored for years, decades and indefinitely at government labs that have no regulations limited what is done with blood.
All US states take pinpricks of blood from newborns to test for diseases. New Jersey stores them for decades and may allow them to be used in police investigations.
A new class action federal lawsuit requests that New Jersey's practice of storing newborn blood screening samples for 23 years, without parents' consent, be deemed unconstitutional.
A new class action federal lawsuit requests that New Jersey's practice of storing newborn blood screening samples for 23 years, without parents' consent, be deemed unconstitutional.