Impoverished parents deserve their day in court | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Stiff filing fees in Allgeheny County mean many parents with little money cannot bring child-custody cases.
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
Monday, May 30, 2016
Bill to help protect Native American children heading to president's desk
Bill to help protect Native American children heading to president's desk | Jamestown Sun:
BISMARCK—Legislation requiring all adults living in potential foster homes to undergo background checks before a Native American child can be placed there has passed Congress and is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama.
BISMARCK—Legislation requiring all adults living in potential foster homes to undergo background checks before a Native American child can be placed there has passed Congress and is expected to be signed by President Barack Obama.
Brain dead: Why diagnosis is so troubling, confusing
Brain dead: Why diagnosis is so troubling, confusing | The Charlotte Observer:
Most physicians say diagnosis is irreversibly final, but families have sued hospitals
Definition of brain death spelled out in 1981 after increased use of hospital ventilators
Israel Stinson, 2-year-old declared brain dead by three Sacramento-area doctors, revives issue
Friday, May 27, 2016
25 People Detail Complaints Against NH’s Family Courts
25 People Detail Complaints Against NH’s Family Courts - Manchester Ink LinkManchester Ink Link:
CONCORD, NH – Twenty five people – mostly fathers who believe they were discriminated against in divorce proceedings – shared heart-wrenching and sometimes angry stories with several lawmakers and the judge who oversees family court at an ad hoc meeting May 25 in Concord.
CONCORD, NH – Twenty five people – mostly fathers who believe they were discriminated against in divorce proceedings – shared heart-wrenching and sometimes angry stories with several lawmakers and the judge who oversees family court at an ad hoc meeting May 25 in Concord.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Dartmouth study offers hope for babies exposed to drugs in womb
Dartmouth study offers hope for babies exposed to drugs in womb | New Hampshire:
LEBANON — One in 10 babies born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center last year had been exposed to drugs in their mothers’ wombs.
These are the littlest victims of the state’s opioid addiction crisis.
Their mothers depend on maintenance medications, such as buprenorphine, during pregnancy to prevent withdrawal symptoms that can be dangerous to a fetus.
LEBANON — One in 10 babies born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center last year had been exposed to drugs in their mothers’ wombs.
These are the littlest victims of the state’s opioid addiction crisis.
Their mothers depend on maintenance medications, such as buprenorphine, during pregnancy to prevent withdrawal symptoms that can be dangerous to a fetus.
Child Welfare & Opioid Addiction, Part 1: Striking a Balance of Protection, Treatment
Child Welfare & Opioid Addiction, Part 1: Striking a Balance of Protection, Treatment - Manchester Ink LinkManchester Ink Link:
CONCORD, NH – Dr. Anne Johnston, a neonatologist, remembers a time when she had a lot more conflict with child protection workers. When social services received a report that a pregnant woman was an opioid addict, or that a baby had been born with opioid withdrawal symptoms, a state investigator would come to the hospital and start asking the woman pointed questions. “I would think, ‘Why are you doing this? This mother seems very nice,’” Johnston recalls.
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