7.5 Legal obligations in relation to pre-natal reports
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- Created: Wednesday, 07 April 2010 20:24
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Under section 25 of the Act, a Health worker who has reasonable grounds to suspect, before the birth of a child, that a child may be at risk of harm after his or her birth may make a report to the Department of Community Services. The intention of this report process is supportive intervention rather than interference in the rights of the pregnant woman.
Pre-natal reporting may be helpful for pregnant women in domestic violence situations, with a mental health problem, or who use hazardous drugs during pregnancy because reporting can be a catalyst for assistance.
However, pre-natal reporting should only be used where there are clear indications that the infant may be at risk of harm after they are born.
WHAT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT. Nurses are blatantly using pre-natal reporting to inform DoCS of another victim mother available to steal a newborn baby from. Have a look at the figures - 90 babies a week being trafficked by DoCS with the help of these evil maternity nurses claiming "in the best interest of the child".
