well a group of New Jersey parents are back in court with an updated lawsuit challenging the state's policy to store blood drawn from every baby born here without first getting parental consent the practice is used to screen newborns for diseases but several parents last year filed a federal class action lawsuit when it was made public that the blood spots were used by the state for other purposes and sometimes stored for decades the amended complaint comes after settlement negotiations broke down between the state and the plaintiffs and after attorney general Matt platkin announced in June New Jersey will only store samples for between two to 10 years now along with restrictions to their use an attorney for the plaintiffs says the changes fail to get informed consent to hold on to the samples beyond that initial screening and parents who are part of the suit argue the changes aren't Ironclad information is uh sensitive to our children it's Unique to them um what can be done with this information now is different than what could be done with this information a few years from now um and that ought to be an informed decision that someone intentionally makes [Music]