Is it true that that genetic nondiscrimination bill actually requires babies to have their DNA taken? Ron Paul

Question by DAR: Is it true that that genetic nondiscrimination bill actually requires babies to have their DNA taken? Ron Paul
voted against it, is this why? I know he said he did so in part because the government has a foul record of preserving individual privacy….and it seems to me this is an invasion of privacy itself….

http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article16908

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President Bush last week signed into law a bill which will see the federal government begin to screen the DNA of all newborn babies in the U.S. within six months, a move critics have described as the first step towards the establishment of a national DNA database.”

Our press didn’t describe it that way and I haven’t reviewed the bill, this is from a French paper.

Is it true?

What do you think?

“The bill states that the federal government should “continue to carry out, coordinate, and expand research in newborn screening” and “maintain a central clearinghouse of current information on newborn screening… ensuring that the clearinghouse is available on the Internet and is updated at least quarterly”.

Sections of the bill also make it clear that DNA may be used in genetic experiments and tests.

One health care expert and prominent critic of DNA screening is Twila Brase, president of the Citizens’ Council on Health Care who has written a detailed analysis (PDF) of the new law in which she warns that it represents the first program of populationwide genetic testing.
Or was that a different bill?

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Answer by JeffH
The notion that the government has the right to ‘own’ any part of any private citizen for any reason is downright scary.

We’re not property. My DNA is mine.

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