Please read post #21.
What would be your reaction to the hospital staff if one of your children were kidnapped from the hospital?
Again please read post #21. It has happened.
Just because the hospital may have a “protocol” on the removal of newborns I’m not sure it’s legally binding on the parent unless some state or local statute says these are the required procedures.
Moreover, did the nurse know that Kennedy was the actual father and she was just being a stickler over the “protocol” or did she genuinely not know that the man with the baby was the actual father and was trying to prevent a possible kidnapping? If the former scenario then perhaps she was doing the right thing; if the latter scenario then I don’t support her, and my sympathy is with Kennedy.
Context is everything.