Beginning July 1, 2013, Mississippi has a new statute that is the first of its kind in the country. A link to the news article is below. The new statute requires doctors without the consent of the mother who are age sixteen (16) or under to save and store umbilical cord blood in cases where the father is 21 or older or when the baby's paternity is in question.
I would predict a constitutional challenge to this at some point. Question I have is why would a standard DNA test not be enough if there is a warrant to test a suspect? Looks to be a possible Fourth Amendment issue along with a privacy issue as it relates to the mother.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/mississippi-umbilical-blood_n_3402751.html
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