DNA Should Be Collected From All Newborn Babies And Stored Indefinitely

My opponent's argument is nothing but conjecture; unfounded and unsourced. I'd also like to point out that a national database does not imply globalisation; this debate was aimed at Western countries such as the USA, but I do not contest to having a global DNA database under the condition that each nation funds their own and does not borrow money from any other country.Crime/Police: Storing DNA in a database does not increase the likelihood that criminals will frame somebody else. Nothing currently stops criminals from placing somebody else's hair at the scene of their crime. The only thing that would change is that the police would be able to identify whose hair it was, and with some detective work, they would subsequently learn that the person in question was framed. CSI teams know not to convict someone solely on their DNA being present at a scene if they have no other motive or reason to be there. The person being framed may be able to help discover the suspect. Police quality will not drop; just because there would be a complete DNA database does not mean the police will get lazy; they will check the database to build up suspects, and then take enquiries further. The fact you think that crime rates would increase for having a DNA database is illogical and completely void of truth.Kidnapping: Young children will be unlikely to remember that they were kidnapped, such as in the case of Savanna Harris Todd who was found 20 years later. [1] On top of this, many kidnapped victims suffer from extreme paranoia and feel as if they cannot escape even when their kidnapper is no longer around. Elizabeth Smart, 14-years-old, was taken from her home and was missing for 9 months; she had many opportunities to escape and even denied that she was kidnapped when police found her. [2] Here's an entire article on the phenomenon of kidnapped victims not taking the opportunity to run. [3] Any kidnapped individual who took a DNA test would be immediately identified as a missing person and thus be saved.Finding relatives: Adopted children often have no name to search for. Children born under one-night-stands are in the same position. There are many scenarios where a DNA test would be a lot quicker in finding lost relatives. This debate was not intended to implicate a global database, but if that were the case, I imagine a lot of people would actually be interested in knowing if they had any close relatives abroad. Finding relatives is not the main benefit for having a DNA database, it is just one more to add to the list of uses; the benefits are definitely significant enough to be warranted.Hacking: Hacking government databases is extremely rare, but in the unlikely scenario that the DNA does get out in the public, what is the problem? I would much rather somebody have access to my DNA profile than my name, address and other tangible details which are already stored in databases. In the event that a hacker deletes the profiles, there is no real loss as we simply return to the position we are currently in -- no DNA profiles. But like I say, that's a very improbable circumstance for a high-security Western country.DNA Mutations: You mention that the system is unfair for cancer patients, but that's compeltely wrong. It is true that cancer patients have small changes in their DNA, but the keyword here is small; their DNA would still register as an extremely close match to their original birth DNA. Cancer patients do not gain radical new DNA profiles. [4]Comments: Having a national DNA database come with very little drawbacks and massive benefits. There are no risks to security, not even if your DNA profile is leaked on the black market -- what are they going to do with it? I could get a better, tangible sample of your DNA via a strand of your hair and I wouldn't have to hack a thing. Many, many rapists would be brought to justice as it is extremely difficult to carry out such crimes without close physical contact. Murders and other serious crimes will also be solved. There are many DNA samples collected from crimes that have not been matched to a person... the number of unidentified DNA samples only rises every single year. If we had everyone's DNA taken from birth, a lot more crimes would be solved.[1] - http://www.dailymail.co.uk...[2] - http://www.nydailynews.com...[3] - http://ricochet.com...[4] - http://www.wisegeek.org...;