Miss. law requires cord blood from teen moms

Sunday, August 4, 2013

JACKSON, Miss. -- If a girl younger than 16 gives birth and won't name the father, a new Mississippi law -- likely the first of its kind in the country -- says authorities must collect umbilical cord blood and run DNA tests to prove paternity as a step toward prosecuting statutory rape cases.

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