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Should governments require residents to contribute to national DNA…
Should governments require residents to contribute to national DNA databases?
for
Monitoring citizens
Catching criminals
Easier to monitor than dead or birth records
Identifying disaster victims
identify missing people
recognize unidentified remains
Medical records
decide how to treat the wounded
records could display:
Blood type
past hospital visits
tests which have been done
past surgeries
Treated quickly
Helps in knowing what disorders you and your partner carry
Reducing the risk of having children with disorders
Against
Invasion of privacy
Very expensive
Pay personnel
Machines and storage
Records could be abused
Falls in wrong hands
used for nefarious purposes by government
Exploited records
Tool for the justice system
Americans have the right not to incriminate themselves
sharing of data between international police forces is likely to increase
Companies and employers
Want specific people to work for them
Unethical
The records would be used without consent
US democratic government
Government could see who has certain diseases then determine which citizens could reproduce
Inaccurate and inefficient
Hard to maintain records for the entire population
Immigrants
Peoples' death
If police can’t find a database match for DNA taken from a crime scene, they may then look at partial DNA matches
could lead to innocent relatives of criminals being wrongfully arrested
Records may get hacked
Puts people at risk of uncertainity
Some citizens may be kidnapped due to specific traits they carry