Save The Babies Foundation Works to Promote Newborn Screening
Newborn screening is a hot topic in this country whether you realize it or not. Most of us deliver our children and are never even aware of the testing that they go through within the first hours after birth. Every child born in the United States is tested for a variety of genetic conditions that need immediate treatment. Without that treatment permanent damage and even death can occur. So why would anyone be against newborn screening? The cost to the government, personal privacy issues, and the fear that the government keeps track of us all by the drop of blood … Continue reading