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Rights as a Childbearing Woman
September 6, 2011 by enjoybirth
It’s come to my attention more than once in the past year, in stories related to us by our instructors, that our moms, birth partners and their babies are being coerced, or even threatened into compliance with certain state medical board mandates by members of their local medical community. I’ve heard of stories where our students are ‘challenged’ by medical authorities when voicing their preferences for their own treatment during childbirth, or their baby’s treatment (or lack of treatment) during the immediate postpartum period.
This is distressing to me as a woman and as someone who is entrusted with women’s education about such matters.
It is so important for expectant women to know about the “Rights of Childbearing Women” brochure.
Note that the items marked with a single *asterisk are LEGAL rights that are upheld by courts in the entire U.S. The items with a **double asterisk are very likely to be upheld in courts.
The “Rights of Childbearing Women” brochure spells out birthing women’s personal LEGAL rights…that no state health department’s ‘mandates’, or individual hospital’s ‘protocols’, or any one MD’s opinions, or a midwife’s temerity can fly in the face of…not even with veiled threats to call CPS, or the police like they do in some states.
This is a powerful tool for you.
If you know your LEGAL rights, and insist on them, CPS and even the police are rendered impotent in court. The more you are educated and empowered and insist on your LEGAL rights as childbearing women and as new parents, the less likely you will have them taken from you.
State mandated protocols about what is medically ‘safe’ and ‘necessary’ have been ‘wrong’ very many times in the past, and mothers and their babies have been harmed. For that reason, it’s important that PARENTS understand that YOU have the LEGAL right to the final say about how you give birth to your baby, and the right to make all decisions in your baby’s treatment during the immediate postpartum period.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Former Children's Protective Services worker convicted of identity theft sentenced to 30 years in prison
Former Children's Protective Services worker convicted of identity theft sentenced to 30 years in prison | abc13.com:
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A former employee with Children's Protective Services has been sentenced to prison for her part in an identity theft scheme.
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A former employee with Children's Protective Services has been sentenced to prison for her part in an identity theft scheme.
Should Birth Parents Be Involved with Foster Children?
Should Birth Parents Be Involved with Foster Children? - Life123:
This article suggest's the foster parent's contact the biological parent's. Assure birth parents that you are not trying to replace them and you will not harm their child. It's too bad CPS/DCYF discourages foster parents from even speaking to the bio parent's. CPS/DCYF tell's the foster's to steer clear, because for some strange reason the bio parent's are angry. Hmm, I wonder why!
When a child is taken from his family and placed in foster care, it is a difficult time for the child, the birth parents and the foster family.
Two out of three children who enter foster care because of a harmful family situation are reunited with their birth parents within two years, studies show. Regular visits between a foster child and his birth parents help to shorten the time of foster care and reunite children and parents more smoothly. By the same token, denying contact between a foster child and his birth parents has a negative impact on the child.
This article suggest's the foster parent's contact the biological parent's. Assure birth parents that you are not trying to replace them and you will not harm their child. It's too bad CPS/DCYF discourages foster parents from even speaking to the bio parent's. CPS/DCYF tell's the foster's to steer clear, because for some strange reason the bio parent's are angry. Hmm, I wonder why!
When a child is taken from his family and placed in foster care, it is a difficult time for the child, the birth parents and the foster family.
Two out of three children who enter foster care because of a harmful family situation are reunited with their birth parents within two years, studies show. Regular visits between a foster child and his birth parents help to shorten the time of foster care and reunite children and parents more smoothly. By the same token, denying contact between a foster child and his birth parents has a negative impact on the child.
Grandmother fights for relative rights for children
Grandmother fights for relative rights for children - Your Houston News: News:
A grandmother’s love is what kept her four grandchildren out of foster care.
For Cleveland’s Linda Boles, it has been a fight to gain grandparental rights and any monetary support for all four children, a fight she is planning to take to Washington, D.C. to rally for more rights as well as the opportunity to gain custody and support as a caregiver for her grandchildren.
A grandmother’s love is what kept her four grandchildren out of foster care.
For Cleveland’s Linda Boles, it has been a fight to gain grandparental rights and any monetary support for all four children, a fight she is planning to take to Washington, D.C. to rally for more rights as well as the opportunity to gain custody and support as a caregiver for her grandchildren.
Two social workers charged for not revealing maltreatment
Two social workers charged for not revealing maltreatment | Prague Monitor:
Brno, Sept 3 (CTK) - Two social workers have been charged with neglect for not revealing maltreatment of a schoolboy, though they had indications of it from the boy's school, his paediatrician and relatives, Jan Petrasek, spokesman for the Brno City State Attorney's Office, has told Czech Television.
Brno, Sept 3 (CTK) - Two social workers have been charged with neglect for not revealing maltreatment of a schoolboy, though they had indications of it from the boy's school, his paediatrician and relatives, Jan Petrasek, spokesman for the Brno City State Attorney's Office, has told Czech Television.
A mom who crashed into a gas pump will face judge
Mom crash gas pump: A mom who crashed into a gas pump will face judge - OrlandoSentinel.com:
A judge this morning ruled a baby will be placed in foster care after his mother crashed into a gas pump over the weekend, injuring herself and her young son.
A judge this morning ruled a baby will be placed in foster care after his mother crashed into a gas pump over the weekend, injuring herself and her young son.
Hospitalized Kids Overmedicated, Study Finds
Hospitalized Kids Overmedicated, Study Finds - ABC News:
Many children receive multiple medications while they are hospitalized even though there may be safety concerns about some of the drugs, according to a new study.
Researchers led by Dr. Chris Feudtner of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed 2006 data from more than 580,000 pediatric patients from 463 hospitals across the country.
Many children receive multiple medications while they are hospitalized even though there may be safety concerns about some of the drugs, according to a new study.
Researchers led by Dr. Chris Feudtner of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia analyzed 2006 data from more than 580,000 pediatric patients from 463 hospitals across the country.
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