Pa. pair: Baby taken after bagel altered drug test

hosted ^ | Oct 28 | JENNIFER C. YATES

[JoeProBono]

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pennsylvania couple claims in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that their newborn was taken by county officials when a drug test the mother took came out positive because she had eaten a poppy seed bagel.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed the suit on behalf of Elizabeth Mort and her fiance, Alex Rodriguez, against the Lawrence County Children and Youth Services and Jameson Health System.

The suit says the couple's 3-day-old daughter was taken from the couple's home and held for five days before authorities admitted they had made a mistake and returned the child......

[microgood]

There probably is a civil liberties issue, but maybe it is in the baby's interest for someone to know that their mother is a drug addict and might not be able to function as a decent parent. Whether the authorities have to be notified is a legal question.

But you do not make rules based on the lowest common denominator. People should not have to prove their innocence. Because people drive drunk does not mean we should all have breathalizers in our cars. It is unAmerican and wrong.

In any case the Supreme Court has already ruled that information obtained via a medical test cannot be used to prosecute individuals for crimes, so the people being sued have really stepped in it.

[Vor Lady]

And yet only one Jones soda can cause a positive test for drugs.

[EEDUDE]

“Lawyers are money sucking leeches.”

Agree with that.

When my youngest brother got his law degree I said that “At least I could still say we didn’t have any prostitutes or murderers in the family!”