DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has access to it?
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#2How on earth is this legal in the USA?
Re: DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has access to it?
#3How on earth is this legal in the USA?
I asked this before:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16939020
Looks like there is not an easy way out.
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#4How on earth is this legal in the USA?
You say that as though the United States is a place where bad things shouldn’t happen.
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#5How on earth is this legal in the USA?
Lazy people who refuse to actually sue because they're too busy with everyday life to handle civic life.
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#6How on earth is this legal in the USA?
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#7Everyone will have access to it given enough time.
Re: DNA of every baby born in California is stored. Who has access to it?
#8How on earth is this legal in the USA?
The default in the U.S. is that actions are legal unless they're made illegal by some law. There's no law against this, therefore it's legal.
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#10This is how we found out that my daughter has cystic fibrosis and have been able to treat her from a few weeks after birth. The result is that she'll probably live a normal length life rather than dying in adolescence.
So I'm fairly positive on this program...