NJ mother loses baby for 3 years for not consenting to c-section (child still in custody)

[nashville_brook]

It's a contemporary Handmaid' Tale.

Imagine your child is taken away from you on the day s/he is born on the accusation that you're an unfit mother b/c you refuse to "pre-authorize" a c-section. You've been fighting for THREE YEARS to regain custody. Imagine being robbed of your child's first years...hell, they might not ever get the child back. So, imagine just having your child taken away at the fiat of a for-profit hospital that is fighting for their right to profit most from every birth.

This case is about money, and they've stolen a child for ransom.

A few things need to be pointed out about this case.
1. The birth was not in crisis and no c-section was "on the table."
2. This New Jersey hospital had a 50% c-section rate — which can bis likely a profit center for the facility.
3. C-sections can have its own complications and pose issues for future pregnancies.
4. “Pre-consent” with no signs of needing the procedure would seem to any half-awake person as a wedge to make the birth more convenient/profitable for the doc/facility.



http://news.change.org/stories/mother-loses-baby-for-three-years-due-to-refusing-c-section-pre-consent
http://sayencrowolf.net/2011/03/woman-refuses-preapproved-c-section-the-state-comes-in-and-takes-the-child-away/

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V.M. has been separated from her baby for three years in the name of “child welfare.” All because she didn’t want to pre-authorize a cesarean section that neither she nor the hospital had any reason to believe would be medically necessary, and wasn’t.

When V.M. showed up at the hospital planning to give birth vaginally, she was asked to sign a pre-consent form permitting a c-section should it become necessary. She refused. Had there been an unexpected complication with the pregnancy, V.M. could have consented to the procedure at that time, but she didn’t want to sign away her ability to make decisions about whether or not her baby would be sliced out of her belly. That sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

The hospital, however, disagreed. After giving birth, without complications, V.M.’s newborn was taken away from her on charges of endangering child welfare. She and her husband have been fighting for three years now to get their child back.

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