mother not allowed to BF her baby

[cravenab00]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pag...u_sid=10157077

there is WAY more to this awful story than BF issues.

here is legislative contact info:

Governor Dave Heineman
Lincoln Office /State Capitol:
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 94848
Lincoln, NE 68509-4848

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Western Office:
Office of the Governor
4500 Avenue I
P.O. Box 1500
Scottsbluff, NE 69363-1500

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Email through this link:
http://www.gov.state.ne.us/mail/govmail.html

US Senator Ben Nelson
Omaha
7602 Pacific St.
Ste 205
Omaha, NE 68114
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Lincoln
Federal Bldg, Room 287
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Washington, D.C.
720 Hart Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Scottsbluff
Tel: [phone]

Kearney
Tel: [phone]

South Sioux City
Tel: [phone]

US Senator Chuck Hagel

Washington, D.C. Office
248 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]Omaha Office
9900 Nicholas St.
Suite 325
Omaha, NE 68114
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Lincoln Office
294 Federal Building
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, NE 68508
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]Kearney Office
4111 Fourth Avenue, Suite 26
Kearney, NE 68845
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Scottsbluff Office
115 Railway Street, Suite C102
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]




http://hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fu...n=Contact.Home








Sen. Joel T. Johnson (District 37, Kearney)
Home Address: 3216 19th Avenue, Kearney, NE 68845

Office: Room 1402, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Tim Gay (District 14, Papillion)
Home Address: 1001 Hogan Dr., Papillion, NE 68046

Office: Room 1522, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Philip Erdman (District 47, Bayard)
Home Address: 511 Second Ave., P.O. Box 624, Bayard, NE 69334

Office Address: Room 1022, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Tom Hansen (District 42, North Platte)
Home Address: 3782 W. Foothill Rd., North Platte, NE 69101-9554

Office: Room 1012, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Gwen Howard (District 9, Omaha)
Home Address: 5512 Howard St., Omaha, NE 68106

Office: Room 1208, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Dave Pankonin (District 2, Louisville)
Home Address: P.O. Box 106, Louisville, NE 68037

Office: Room 1529, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]


Sen. Arnie Stuthman (District 22, Platte Center)
Home Address: 24160 310th St., Platte Center, NE 68653

Office Address: Room 1120, State Capitol, Lincoln, NE 68509

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

[MamaTT]

That is absolutely sickening.

[Sheal]

The link you provided has spyware imbedded in it. Could someone please provide a different link...I had to click cancel for the spyware 6 times before it would bugger off...

[MamaTT]

Um, does that mean I have spyware now on my puter? (OT, do you have a good spyware purging program to recommend? PM me.)

Back on topic, I don't have time to write all those people, who would be best to contact? Most bang for my buck, so to speak?

I am willing to try to help.

[JessasMilkMama]

That is horrible and completely unjust.

[MilkTrance]

Wow. I had no idea that the newborn screening was MANDATED. So what if you had a home birth?

[cravenab00]

Originally Posted by MilkTrance

Wow. I had no idea that the newborn screening was MANDATED. So what if you had a home birth?

if you have a homebirth once you file for a birth certificate, they start sending you certified letters and calling you until you comply. if after a period of time you dont, they start with the CPS crap.

i'm ashamed that I live in a state where religious and parental freedoms are slowly ceasing to exist.

[the_lissa]

Originally Posted by MilkTrance

Wow. I had no idea that the newborn screening was MANDATED. So what if you had a home birth?

Depending where you are, home birth midwives do the pku (like here in ONtario) or you can take the baby to a doctor.

BUt it shouldn't be grounds to call CPS!

[MilkTrance]

Originally Posted by cravenab00

if you have a homebirth once you file for a birth certificate, they start sending you certified letters and calling you until you comply. if after a period of time you dont, they start with the CPS crap.

i'm ashamed that I live in a state where religious and parental freedoms are slowly ceasing to exist.

It's super creepy how our government(s) are slowly taking away parental rights. It's like THEY "own" the children, or something... :

[DBassett]

That entire situation is sickening and hurts my heart!

[wannabe]

Originally Posted by MilkTrance

It's super creepy how our government(s) are slowly taking away parental rights. It's like THEY "own" the children, or something... :

Parents don't "own" their children either. The children have rights all of their own, the state just tries to protect them. or would you prefer people are free to abuse their kids because they own them?

Anyone got a clean link to the story?

[sacredpassagedoula]

This has the Judge's contact number if you want to call them. It's on page 2.
http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/probl...-info.pdf?sub6

[filiadeluna]

^ Yeah I want to read it too, but there is something wrong with it - some error.

[AnnaGA]

Oh my...That makes me so sad...I just want to go cry now.

[mama_b]

The link doesn't work. Anyone want to summarize?

[loriforeman]

Originally Posted by mama_b

The link doesn't work. Anyone want to summarize?

heh, not when copy/paste is quicker:

[mama_b]

Thanks. That's awful.

[Emmeline II]

Originally Posted by wannabe

Parents don't "own" their children either. The children have rights all of their own, the state just tries to protect them. or would you prefer people are free to abuse their kids because they own them?

Anyone got a clean link to the story?

You seem to be saying that the State always acts in the best interest of the child and if the parents do not agree then they are abusive.

[songbh]

Originally Posted by wannabe

Parents don't "own" their children either. The children have rights all of their own, the state just tries to protect them. or would you prefer people are free to abuse their kids because they own them?

The state of Nebraska is arguing that parents who decline a metabolic screening for their newborn are neglectful and risking harm to the baby. The state's solution is to completely separate a nursling from his lactating mother.

Not breastfeeding is proven to be hazardous to the health of both infant and mother.

How does this brutal, Gestapo-like action by the state of Nebraska "protect" this infant's best interests?

[Ruthla]

Why on earth is this baby in foster care over this?

I don't understand why they didn't seize custody, do the tests while the baby was in custody, then return him to his parents? Or temporarily take away medical decision making and do the testing without ever taking away physical custody?

Has the baby actually been in foster care all this time and not had the newborn screening done yet? Are the other children still in the home?

Was she actually denied the chance to BF long term, or was she just told she couldn't BF during court proceedings?