I have to stand firmly beside this couple! Hopefully day no mug me.
I have to stand firmly beside this couple! Hopefully day no mug me.
They’re right. They have the right to refuse. Now, if the kid has hep from the mom, refusing within that 12 hour window to treat the child is horrible parenting perhaps but that is their child.
They’re right. They have the right to refuse. Now, if the kid has hep from the mom, refusing within that 12 hour window to treat the child is horrible parenting perhaps but that is *their* child.
And nothing of value would be lost.
And nothing of value would be lost.
Here’s the key phrase in this whole thing: “left the hospital against medical advice.”
This was an emergency situation that required transport to a hospital. (Yes, you idiots, it happens that sometimes genuine medical emergencies do come up during the birthing process and any responsible midwife is going to call an ambulance if so). So they had to transport the mom to a hospital in order to get the baby out alive or to keep mom from having a serious complication.
Either way, there was a medical problem, and these people decided to leave the hospital against medical advice. To stop a blood draw? We have no idea what was wrong here; did the mom hemorrhage, was the baby not doing well? We have no idea.
But THAT was why cops were sent to their house. Because these people were too stupid to ensure either mom or baby was healthy before leaving the hospital. Maybe this is why black women have higher maternal fatality rates.
That being said, yes you should have the right to refuse any medical procedure being done on your child against your will. Newborn health screenings are probably the least invasive thing they do to a baby at the hospital though. But this is a little more complicated than that headline lets on.
Here’s the key phrase in this whole thing: “left the hospital against medical advice.”
This was an emergency situation that required transport to a hospital. (Yes, you idiots, it happens that sometimes genuine medical emergencies do come up during the birthing process and any responsible midwife is going to call an ambulance if so). So they had to transport the mom to a hospital in order to get the baby out alive or to keep mom from having a serious complication.
Either way, there was a medical problem, and these people decided to leave the hospital against medical advice. To stop a blood draw? We have no idea what was wrong here; did the mom hemorrhage, was the baby not doing well? We have no idea.
But THAT was why cops were sent to their house. Because these people were too stupid to ensure either mom or baby was healthy before leaving the hospital. Maybe this is why black women have higher maternal fatality rates.
That being said, yes you should have the right to refuse any medical procedure being done on your child against your will. Newborn health screenings are probably the least invasive thing they do to a baby at the hospital though. But this is a little more complicated than that headline lets on.
I tried to read it, but was so distracted by the retardedness of capitalizing “Black” over and over, I couldn’t do it.
I tried to read it, but was so distracted by the retardedness of capitalizing “Black” over and over, I couldn’t do it.
Of course, the government claims to own all children.
Of course, the government claims to own all children.
Did they fine the veterinarian too?
Did they fine the veterinarian too?
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