Moms sue state over 'creepy' baby blood database, privacy concerns
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Parents were horrified to learn their babies' mandatory newborn blood samples may have ended up in a vast database that has, in some cases, been shared with police.
Unbeknownst to the new mother, New Jersey secretly stores newborn "bloodspots" for up to 23 years and has in some cases turned samples over to police, open records inquiries found. Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
Now, Lovaglio and fellow mom Erica Jedynak have joined a federal class-action lawsuit that accuses New Jersey health officials of violating millions of babies' and parents' constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
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