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Elizabeth Mort - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 4th Jul, 2013 - 2:11pm
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Mother Settles Suit Over Poppy Bagel Drug Test
Elizabeth Mort
I thought she would settle for millions because taking a newborn away from his/her mother shouldn't be taken lightly.
QUOTE A Pennsylvania woman whose newborn baby was taken from her after she failed a drug test by eating a single poppy seed bagel was just awarded almost $144,000 in a settlement.
In 2010, Elizabeth Mort, 24, with help from the Pennsylvania office of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against Lawrence County child welfare authorities and Jameson Hospital in Pittsburgh.
When Mort was in the hospital to deliver her baby, Isabella Rodriguez, in April 2010, she tested positive for opiates after eating a bagel, her lawyer said. The hospital alerted the county Department of Public Welfare, which, along with two police officers, forcibly removed a 3-day-old Isabella from Mort's home for five days.
"I was devastated. I just cried and cried and cried. I didn't want to let her go. I was heartbroken," Mort said at a news conference following her filing of the lawsuit. Source 3
In 2010, Elizabeth Mort, 24, with help from the Pennsylvania office of the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit against Lawrence County child welfare authorities and Jameson Hospital in Pittsburgh.
When Mort was in the hospital to deliver her baby, Isabella Rodriguez, in April 2010, she tested positive for opiates after eating a bagel, her lawyer said. The hospital alerted the county Department of Public Welfare, which, along with two police officers, forcibly removed a 3-day-old Isabella from Mort's home for five days.
"I was devastated. I just cried and cried and cried. I didn't want to let her go. I was heartbroken," Mort said at a news conference following her filing of the lawsuit. Source 3
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This is a very strange case. How is it possible she tested positive if she only ate one poppy seed? It doesn't make any sense. Could it be that thet returned the baby to her because they didn't have proof?
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