Posted on 04/04/2024 8:34:13 AM PDT by Beowulf9
Mass General Brigham announced Tuesday it would no longer report to state welfare agencies when a baby is born with drugs in its system because substance abuse in pregnant mothers “disproportionately affects black people,” Boston.com reports.
The change will be rolled out later this month, with Dr. Sarah Wakeman, senior medical director for substance use disorder at Mass General Brigham, arguing the new policy is “based on sound science.”
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Mass General Brigham leaders said the change is allowed under state law. The state’s mandatory reporting requirement says the Department of Children and Families must be notified if a child is injured by, among other things, dependence on an addictive drug at birth. Current interpretation of the law has led most hospitals to file child welfare reports for newborns dependent on drugs such as opioids.
The reporting requirement has come under increasing scrutiny during the drug overdose crisis, in part because women report stopping medications like buprenorphine or methadone, which are used to treat addictions, during pregnancy. They say they fear traces of those medications in their newborns could cause them to lose custody of their babies.
“The goal here is balancing the safety of infants and families,” said Dr. Sarah Wakeman, senior medical director for substance use disorder at Mass General Brigham. “A positive toxicology test does not tell you anything about someone’s ability to parent. Actually, a positive buprenorphine test tells you this person is engaged in treatment.”
Legislation that would amend the state’s reporting requirement moved from one committee to another last week on Beacon Hill. It would direct the state Department of Public Health to write new regulations about drug dependence and child welfare reporting at birth, and require health officials to design plans aimed at helping parents managing an addiction. (WBUR)
Deep State has an interesting definition of imminent, eh?
And, as usual, Big Med is willing for the shilling.
Why even report child rape if minorities are involved?
Why even report murder, theft or rape if minorities are involved.
Why bother?
Finally in plain English why the black crime rate and incarceration rates are though the roof.
Backdoor eugenic is still eugenics.
Easing into after-birth abortions.
““The goal here is balancing the safety of infants and families,” said Dr. Sarah Wakeman...”
That is an absolute lie.
Yep. If someone were to be creative there’s a way to show how racist this new policy is.
L
These people are not interested in facts, only politics.
“...women report stopping medications like buprenorphine or methadone, which are used to treat addictions, during pregnancy. They say they fear traces of those medications in their newborns could cause them to lose custody of their babies.”
Now, “we’re not reporting because it affects blacks more than white”, that I can believe. Besides the racism inherent of low expectations, how about the idea that it’s ok if black kids are born addicted to drugs and grow up in a family of addicts?
What next, a Federal policy exempting Blacks from any and all criminal laws.
Mission Accomplished.
“Mass General Brigham announced Tuesday it would no longer report to state welfare agencies when a baby is born with drugs in its system because substance abuse in pregnant mothers ‘disproportionately affects black people.’”
Tracking racial statistics “disproportionately affects black people”. So, we should STOP ALL tracking of racial statistics immediately.
So isn’t it “WASIS” to have a policy that ensures that all “black people” are born drug addicts and will be raised that way? HMMMMMMMMM? What’s the average single digit I.Q. in Massachusetts?
Political correctness (PC) kills. Wokeness kills. There is nothing benign about them. They are nihilistic belief systems.
Just another way the #ing Rats hide their malfeasance
The leftists view crack and fentanyl as abortifacients. They'll ask China to step up the effectiveness.
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