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Judge s decision could force change in MI s handling of newborn blood samples

Judge s decision could force change in Michigan s handl

A group of parents in Michigan has won a key ruling in a lawsuit involving the state s newborn blood testing program

Judge s decision could force change in Michigan s handling of newborn blood samples

Judge s decision could force change in Michigan s handling of newborn blood samples
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Judge s decision could force change in Michigan s handling of newborn blood samples

The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal judge who found parts of a routine testing program unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington is not interfering with the practice of pricking the heels of babies to draw blood to screen for more than 50 diseases, a longstanding procedure in hospitals across the United States. Rather, he is overseeing a lawsuit that challenges how the Michigan health department handles leftover blood spots — and whether parents truly understand what they're doing when, following childbirth, they check a box allowing the state to use spots for research.

Judge s decision could force change in Michigan s handling of newborn blood samples

A group of parents in Michigan has won a key ruling in a lawsuit involving the state's newborn blood testing program. A federal judge says Michigan must return or destroy leftover blood spots from nine children or get approval from the parents to continue keeping them. The judge says a form given to parents during childbirth doesn't fully explain how the blood spots are used. It doesn't say that Michigan collects money from researchers and that police could be given access to the blood spots. The judge says it violates the U.S. Constitution. The state says it's reviewing the decision.

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