Reply #33: Because fingerprinting isn't allowed now

[lastliberalintexas]

At least not at most US hospitals of which I am aware. And regardless, even if the hospital does take the fingerprints, they are made as a medical record, not as part of a criminal one. The government does not get access to medical records without going through the proper constitutional channels, ie, the showing of probable cause and obtaining a warrant.

There is not currently a single database accessible by the government with every American's fingerprints in it, and I hope we never get to that point in this country.