Saturday, February 20, 2010

Texas Ordered To Destroy 5 Million Blood Samples Illegally Taken From Babies Without Consent

(NaturalNews) The subject of a recent federal lawsuit, routine blood samples legally taken from Texas newborns to screen for disorders and diseases were illegally being kept by the Texas Department of State Health Services without parental consent. Found to have begun holding and retaining such blood samples since 2002, the agency is being sued on behalf of the children’s parents by the Texas Civil Rights Project...