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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:29 PM Original message |
NJ mother loses baby for 3 years for not consenting to c-section (child still in custody) |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is horrifying... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. so true, you don't get those bonding years back. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. terrible |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. my guess is if she were the kind of woman who could get lawyered up, she wouldn't have |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Women are becoming mere breeding stock in service of the state :-( |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. A nurse told me that they took away a baby because the mom didn't want to |
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pinkkillersheep (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Agreed, there has to be more to it. |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. Oh yes, the hospital is always right. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Good God. I would guess class has a lot to do with it. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
69. CPS is beyond class war today |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. That is barbaric. nt |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. I was pushed to give my baby formula when I had chosen to breastfeed. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. You should have put "complimentary" in quotes. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
71. I had the opposite experience |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. I was lucky that LyricBaby got over his nipple confusion pretty quickly. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
72. Bizarre. |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. That's incredible. I had a friend who married a man who had already had five kids and |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. Good God!If that's how the hospitals make decisions, how could you EVER question the parents' story? |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Oh, you would be surprised how drs react in the OB ward |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
70. I was extremely offended when she told me the story |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
73. A Nurse Told You. Wow! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. The summary, of course, is misleading, but the woman did win partial victory on appeal, |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Wouldn't you be combative if someone was trying to cut you open |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I wasn't present, know nothing about the case, so have no view about the appropriateness |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. I know someone who died because the hospital gave him a penicillin shot |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I'd be damn combative too if I had a doctor trying to force me to "pre-consent" to a procedure |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If you're really interested in the case, you should carefully read the opinion I linked |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I did read it. And frankly based on what I read the hospital was out of line. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
44. ... V.M. testified at the guardianship trial that she fully cooperated with the health care |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. Have you ever tried reading something from the BEGINING in its ENTIRITY? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Oh, yes. That uppity woman. Pitching a "pink" fit. She deserved everything she got. And so did |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Nowhere. NOWHERE did I say anything like what you are accusing me... |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I'm sorry but asking someone for permission to do something that may or may not be necessary in the |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. No, they should have just waited for complications to set in. |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. How can they tell... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
48. ... On April 18, 2006, a social worker at St. Barnabas contacted DYFS reporting concerns about |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. from the first link |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Read the opinion: professional psychiatric intervention prior to delivery |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I remember being in full labor with my twins and |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. The hospital personnel didn't adequately operationalize her behavior. Very unprofessional. |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. This was all done in the name of making a profit by this hospital. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. For-profit hospitals perform nearly 20% more c-sections... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. That's sure what it sounds like. Absolutely insane. I cannot believe any court upheld such garbage. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. I can't begin to tell you how much I hate CPS |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. link to any of those cases? |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I would think those records are sealed |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. ??? |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Preach it! |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. IMO CPS == Child Police Squad. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. It's amazing how many people here |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
46. I agree. So many ridiculous things they take kids for, and ignore true abuse cases. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Unnecessary C-sections are becoming a bit of a problem. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
65. "becoming" "a bit"? This has been going on for more than 20 years |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Oops. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. yep. I think the problem is that the age group that is affected |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. How do we react to this INSANITY which is so prevalent these days ... in all issues? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. We need Gloria Allreds in every state. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. Gross. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. this is unbelievable. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
30. This is why I had my second kid at home. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. I wonder what the womens social status is |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. That hospital should be sued into a crater. nt |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. Of all the insanity we've seen lately, this still stands out. Wouldn't have known w/o this. Thanks. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. My wife and I cannot believe this. What in the hell is going on? |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. Please, pretty please |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. It isn't. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
43. Excercise in dominion. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. speechless |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
50. That's so awful. I bet the hospital makes more money form the c-section. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
53. My personal advice to women given birth is to stay the hell out of hospitals .... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. I and my child would be DEAD without a c-section. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. Delete Dual Posting |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. Thank Title IV and AFSA |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. holy cow -- you should repost that as an OP! |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Sadly I have posted it ...crickets |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. this is heartbreaking -- all of it. but i really do love the idea of "criminal" offense |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. This is truly horrifying |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
60. such a compelling story it was covered TWICE on TYT |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. They do it all the time |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. This article states |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Not surprised at this "miraculous" decision |
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