Texas officials agree to destroy babies’ blood samples after settling lawsuit
February 14, 2010 by admin
Jay Root, The Associated Press
AUSTIN — Texas health authorities will destroy more than 5 million blood samples taken from babies without parental consent and stored indefinitely for scientific research.
The Texas Department of State Health Services announced Tuesday it would destroy the samples after settling a federal lawsuit filed by the Texas Civil Rights Project. The [...]
TCRP Lawsuit Bring Protective Law for Infant Blood Sampling
May 20, 2009 by Staff1
TCRP Lawsuit on Secretive Collecting and Storing Newborn Blood Samples Brings about Protective Legislation — HB 1672
Press Release
The federal lawsuit filed in March by the Texas Civil Rights Project on behalf of five parents has resulted in new state legislation to protect the state’s access to people’s genetic information. The legislature sent the law to [...]
Parents Sue Texas Health Dept. and Texas A&M over Infant Blood Databank
March 18, 2009 by admin
TCRP Press Release
Suit Raises Concerns about Collecting Genetic and DNA Data
Five parents this week filed a federal lawsuit in San Antonio U.S. District Court against the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS), Commissioner David Lakey, M.D., Texas A&M, and Texas A&M Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Nancy Dickey, M.D., claiming they have unlawfully and [...]
