The ACLU of Pennsylvania recently filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a couple whose newborn baby was kidnapped by Lawrence County Children and Youth Services (LCCYS) because her mother recklessly consumed an "everything" bagel from Dunkin' Donuts the day before the birth.
Jameson Hospital, where Isabella Rodriguez was born on April 27, has a policy of testing expectant mothers' urine for illegal drugs and reporting positive results to LCCYS, even without any additional evidence that the baby is in danger of neglect or abuse.
LCCYS, in turn, has a policy of seizing such babies from their homes based on nothing more than the test result. Unfortunately for Isabella's parents, Elizabeth Mort and Alex Rodriguez, Jameson sets the cutoff level for its opiate test so low that it can be triggered by poppy seeds, which is why two caseworkers and two Neshannock Township police officers visited their home the day after baby and mother returned from the hospital. LCCYS seized the three-day-old girl and put her in foster care for five days before conceding it had made a mistake.'
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I just happened to see a show the other night in which two men tested themselves to see if poppy seed in foods would show up in urine tests.
ReplyDeleteThey fasted for 8 hours to make sure their systems were clean. Then one ate a poppyseed cake and the other ate three generously seeded bagels.
Within an hour both tested positive using a regular testing kit used by most police. However, AMERICA HAS GONE CRAZY!
They worry so much about children they say, up in the government, but not in a good way at all.