New Jersey accused of secretly storing baby blood in ‘creepy database’

A group of parents have accused the state of New Jersey of “secretly retaining” their newborn babies’ blood in a “creepy database” without their consent.

In a news release, the non-profit, public interest law firm the Institute for Justice revealed that a class-action federal lawsuit has been filed challenging the state’s alleged practice of keeping newborns’ blood samples in New Jersey for up to 23 years.

The lawsuit names two people from the New Jersey Department of Health and one person from the Division of Family Health Services as defendants.