CPS & Police Threaten Parents Who Home Birthed- Parents Sue

[Guest guest]

Unbelievable... What happened to the freedom for a mother to decide

how best to deliever her own baby? Big pharma and it's allies don't

even want us to have a choice... When I see articles like this, I

realize just how much health freedom we need to regain...

Misty L. Trepke

http://www..com

 

Grassroots Network Message 311036

MN family sues over home birth

 

Dear Friends,

 

Even though it is not against any state law for a mother to give

birth at home, families are still vulnerable when child protection

services get involved. While a complaint is made of suspicion of

child abuse or neglect, child protection services are authorized to

act first, ask questions later.

 

In this story the parents already had eight children, and several of

them were born at home, so they were experienced with childbirth.

The mother attempted to reach a hospital-based lactation consultant

as she had concerns that the otherwise healthy baby was not feeding

(presumably breastfeeding). When the staff learned the baby had

been born at home, social services and the police were involved.

There was an allegedly " forced " trip to the hospital, and police

attempted to take the newborn to a " home " for children, even though

hospital doctors found nothing wrong with the baby. The parents are

suing Hennepin County and Minneapolis police on the basis

of " unreasonable seizure of a person " since authorities attempted

to take the newborn " without a court order or compelling state

interest. " They hope to " stop child protection workers from

taking children from their home without a court order. "

 

You can read the complete article at:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4209495.html

 

 

This is an important issue. No laws in any state require mothers to

give birth in a hospital. However, we have all heard medical

professionals label home birth as " child abuse, " and child

protection agencies in a number of states in recent years have had

to contend with high profile tragedies where their agencies failed

to protect children from harm and even death. Unfortunately, the

over-zealous use of child protection services powers remains a small

but significant risk for home birth families, especially for

unassisted births or births attended by unlicensed midwives. The

outcome of this case will be of great interest, since the only real

reason that child protection services were called in was because the

birth took place at home.

 

Sincerely,

 

Susan Hodges, " gatekeeper