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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWell...maybe Rand Paul is good for one thing
he reminded me about Gattaca, great flick. Uma Thurman. What else is there to say?
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Well...maybe Rand Paul is good for one thing (Original Post)
BootinUp
Oct 2013
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jakeXT
(10,575 posts)1. I don't know much about it, is he talking about the DNA databases some parents sued against ?
(CNN) -- When Annie Brown's daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.
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It's simple, the pediatrician answered: Newborn babies in the United States are routinely screened for a panel of genetic diseases. Since the testing is mandated by the government, it's often done without the parents' consent, according to Brad Therrell, director of the National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center.
In many states, such as Florida, where Isabel was born, babies' DNA is stored indefinitely, according to the resource center.
Many parents don't realize their baby's DNA is being stored in a government lab, but sometimes when they find out, as the Browns did, they take action. Parents in Texas, and Minnesota have filed lawsuits, and these parents' concerns are sparking a new debate about whether it's appropriate for a baby's genetic blueprint to be in the government's possession.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/04/baby.dna.government/index.html?_s=PM:HEALTH
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)2. Jude Law and Ethan Hawke.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)3. One of my all time favorite movies.
applegrove
(118,685 posts)4. I can just see his cold hearted speechwriter...trolling around
Wikipedia movie sites...looking for a human narrative he can copy in an attempt to connect to the voters in a way the speechwriter himself cannot.