What position should the health department take

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Assignment: Imagine that your state legislature is considering a law that would require parental consent for newborn screening. Parental consent is currently not required, although newborn testing is not conducted over parental objection. (Currently only a few states actually require consent.) The health department has been asked to take a position on the pending legislation.

Using the readings for the week, the South University online library, and the Internet, write a 3-5-page paper.

Cover the following:

What position should the health department take? Use the following six questions to help craft your response (Bernheim, Nieburg, & Bonnie, 2005).

• identification of risks and harms of concern

• public health goals

• stakeholders and their moral claims

• scope of legal authority

• relevant historical content

• professional codes of ethics provide guidance

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