So the laws regarding these things vary by state and jurisdiction. Where I live if a woman presents to the hospital to deliver and has had no prenatal care or very limited prenatal care it triggers the hospital to drug test her. If she tests positive a report is made to CPS. A positive drug test alone is not enough to remove a baby from its mother, however if it turns out through an investigation that there are other risk factors then a warrant will be sought to remove the baby from the mother.
I'm assuming due to the outcome in the op article, there were no other risk factors and they were somehow able to tell her story was legit. It's scary to think that could happen, but infants are the most vulnerable and most at risk when parents are drug addicts. It's just shitty all the way around.
Agreed, i know one mother whose child was removed due to Crystal meth exposure , but cps worked with the family toward reunifying after mom got treatment, and the child ended up back with her.
I do know one mom who was investigated by cps after she gave birth and also tested for marijuana, due to her having a past cps case for child abuse. The baby was not taken.
Thank you for all that input! Of course the system has a ton of flaws and corruption, every system does. Add on top of that it's a system that deals with children and it should be expected tha tpeople with ill intentions will be drawn there to exploit it. However with that being said the sad reality is there are a lot of parents who do awful things to their own children. We see that through investigating pedophilic families. That has to be something in place to protect children when their own families either can't or won't do it for them. im motmsure what the answers are to fit this, but there has to be something.
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Shizy ago
So the laws regarding these things vary by state and jurisdiction. Where I live if a woman presents to the hospital to deliver and has had no prenatal care or very limited prenatal care it triggers the hospital to drug test her. If she tests positive a report is made to CPS. A positive drug test alone is not enough to remove a baby from its mother, however if it turns out through an investigation that there are other risk factors then a warrant will be sought to remove the baby from the mother.
I'm assuming due to the outcome in the op article, there were no other risk factors and they were somehow able to tell her story was legit. It's scary to think that could happen, but infants are the most vulnerable and most at risk when parents are drug addicts. It's just shitty all the way around.
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Agreed, i know one mother whose child was removed due to Crystal meth exposure , but cps worked with the family toward reunifying after mom got treatment, and the child ended up back with her.
I do know one mom who was investigated by cps after she gave birth and also tested for marijuana, due to her having a past cps case for child abuse. The baby was not taken.
Shizy ago
Thank you for all that input! Of course the system has a ton of flaws and corruption, every system does. Add on top of that it's a system that deals with children and it should be expected tha tpeople with ill intentions will be drawn there to exploit it. However with that being said the sad reality is there are a lot of parents who do awful things to their own children. We see that through investigating pedophilic families. That has to be something in place to protect children when their own families either can't or won't do it for them. im motmsure what the answers are to fit this, but there has to be something.
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Appreciate your feedback
Pizzalawyer ago
I have worked within and against the foster system for a number of years and your comments above are accurate.
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Appreciate your feedback