Posted on 06/30/2023 3:02:17 PM PDT by grundle
Washington has introduced a new policy that changes hospital reporting requirements for infants affected at birth by substance use, a step the state hopes will help combat stigma against parents with addiction.
The state has long instructed birthing hospitals to report all babies with prenatal exposure to any substances to Child Protective Services, but now newborns will be able to receive wraparound social and community services without a report, as long as there are no safety concerns, several state agencies said this week.
The plan for ongoing support is part of an increasingly popular model of care in the U.S. to assess neonatal withdrawal called “Eat, Sleep, Console,” said Tiffani Buck, a nurse practitioner with the state Department of Health. The change reflects the state’s efforts to address the growing opioid epidemic in the region, which has also in the last 20 years seen a fairly steady rise in hospitalization rates of infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome, or when babies experience withdrawals after being exposed to certain drugs in the womb.
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I’m guessing the results weren’t too complementary to mothers from certain communities.
Was this done in the name of “diversity”? Because certain highly privileged groups are where it’s happening?
No stigma...dead kids.
Birthing hospitals?
Yup came here to say this. You can bet if the law caused an uptick in white women going to jail, not a word would be spoken.
WHY does the left hate babies so much??
Because leftists are self-absorbed, “me, me, me” and “I am the greatest thing since sliced vegan bread” types with no real regard for anyone but themselves, including their own children
it’s for the chilrens...
Whaaaaaaa, this is insane. Send a crack addicted baby home with its crack addicted momma
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