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post #1 of 13
12/19/08 at 5:14pm
Thread Starter 
. . . or am I just out of my mind and overreacting?

http://www.naturalnews.com/025116.html

http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/020507DNA.htm

And here is the full bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1858

I know that MDC mamas vary in opinions, but I've personally never had a problem with newborn screenings. Now that this new law is kicking in, however, I have my worries. Tracking this kind of thing for a "public health emergency" sounds to me like it could serve as a vax registry, only this time on a national scale. Any thoughts?
post #2 of 13
12/19/08 at 5:20pm
Yeah we have discussed the concerns about this on a number of threads. It's nothing to be taken lightly IMO.
post #3 of 13
12/19/08 at 5:26pm
Thread Starter 
Sorry to bring it up again, then. I must not have entered the right search terms to find it . . .
post #4 of 13
12/19/08 at 5:56pm
Oh my heavens. Have these people seen Gattaca?
post #5 of 13
12/19/08 at 5:58pm
I would avoid newborn screenings for many reasons, and this would be one of them. FWIW, none of my children had the screenings.
post #6 of 13
12/19/08 at 6:19pm
I had my first two screened with out any though but I researched and soul searched a lot last time and ultimately decided to do the screaning. This new bill would have definitely given me much more to think about and if I am in the position to make the decision again I don't know that I would do it.
post #7 of 13
12/19/08 at 6:21pm
I didn't know this.
post #8 of 13
12/19/08 at 6:23pm
Oh man...I hadn't seen this one. How many bills like this one went in under the radar during the past 8 years? Every time I turn around I hear about more legislation that happened during closed door sessions, or without any press whatsoever. I swear that this regime's toxic effects will last for 10 generations. :
post #9 of 13
12/19/08 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by Turquesa View Post
Sorry to bring it up again, then. I must not have entered the right search terms to find it . . .
oh no biggie, I can't even remember which forums they were talked about in, I think it might have been news and activism? It was awhile ago. It's an important issue and one that people may not know about still.
post #10 of 13
12/19/08 at 7:16pm

Are you talking about all screenings?

Or just those that take blood?

I'm asking because I am the mother of a Deaf Kindergartener. I hope that everyone will please let their children have a newborn hearing screening. It is the best way to find a hearing loss in a young child so they can be given language from the very beginning of life, just like every other child.

*steps off soapbox*

Thanks!
post #11 of 13
12/19/08 at 7:19pm
: that is so disturbing...I had not seen this either. I had the screenings and didn't give it much thought.
post #12 of 13
12/19/08 at 9:35pm
Can new parents refuse the newborn screening or choose just a part of it???
post #13 of 13
12/20/08 at 12:09am
Since this is about newborn screening blood tests rather than about vaccines, please feel free to join the thread in B&B:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1015031
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