Parents Win Key Ruling in Michigan Newborn Blood Dispute

Parents Win Key Ruling in Michigan Newborn Blood Dispute
A lab where the state health department tests blood from newborns for more than 50 rare diseases in Lansing, Mich., on July 2022. Joey Cappelletti/Report for America via AP
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DETROIT—A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional in a challenge by four parents who raised concerns about how leftover samples are used long after screening for rare diseases.

The lawsuit is not a class action. But the decision is likely to have an impact on how the state maintains millions of dried blood spots and makes them available for outside research.