Tell your state Senator: No mass DNA collection of Pennsylvanians!

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Our Constitution guarantees a reasonable expectation of privacy. When it comes to privacy, there's nothing more personal than our genetic information, and our government shouldn't be storing it in a permanent database.

The proposed bill, Senate Bill 912, would create a massive genetic surveillance program – seizing DNA from Pennsylvanians arrested, even from juveniles. People arrested but not convicted are innocent until proven guilty, have the right to due process of law, and should not be surveilled by default. And given that Black and brown and low-income communities are overpoliced, this expansive DNA collection will disproportionately surveil our most vulnerable communities.

DNA is not the same as a fingerprint. Contact your state senator and tell them no massive DNA surveillance of our communities. Vote "No" on SB 912.

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DNA is not the same as a fingerprint. Contact your state senator and tell them no massive DNA surveillance of our communities. Vote "No" on SB 912.

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Subject Please oppose S.B.912 and increased government surveillance

Pennsylvania already has laws in place to collect DNA from individuals who are convicted of certain offenses. Expanding law enforcement’s power to collect DNA from tens of thousands of every single person who is arrested in the state, including minors, is a dangerous overreach of government power.

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Please stand up for my privacy and the privacy of all of your constituents by voting "No" on SB 912 and making clear that an expansive surveillance state has no place in Pennsylvania.

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Tell your state Senator: No mass DNA collection of Pennsylvanians!

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