Comments on: Keating O’Gara Nedved & Peter Defends Parental Rights in Newborn Blood Screening Case

By: Erin W.

Erin W. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:26:04 +0000

My daughter’s PKU screening story – she was repeatedly slit with a razor blade when the “prick” didn’t draw enough blood. The proceedure took 28 minutes, with her screaming the entire time…finally on the fourth attempt with the razor blade I said that would be the last, they would have to stop, and I was told they would NOT stop until the proceedure was complete, at which time the nurse removed her from my arms and held her herself. I was 19 and on welfare, and really felt I had no recourse but to sit, sobbing, as I watched them cut my firstborn’s tiny foot to ribbons. This test is not necessarily the “trauma-free” experience they advertise it to be, and is performed with little or no information given to the parents before hand. Thank you for educating the public, and fighting for parents’ rights.

By: Sam Smart

Sam Smart — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:53:15 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous. Both the lowly Deputy Attorney and the “Honorable” Judge should be charged with grievous injury to a newborn and gross neglect. Never mind you that these are both women who, you’d think, should know better.
Denying a mother the right the nurse her own child is more dangerous than any of the diseases they could possibly screen for. At worst, the child’s immune system is weakened, the mother/child bond is harmed and the child might turn out a heartless law-type.
It is my sincere hope that these people are removed from their positions.

By: Jennifer C.

Jennifer C. — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:25:35 +0000

It is an atrocity that in a country that is supposed to be free, that this can happen. A woman has a choice to kill her child in the womb, but has no choice when it comes to a vitrually useless test. I have 3 sons, and unfortunately, was naive to this testing. It was done on all 3 of them, as was the vitamin K injection that I didn’t even know was done until I had my second child. It is insane that things our done to our children in a hospital setting without us even first being told about it. I have chosen to not immunize my 3 sons, not for religious reasons, but for the belief that that these are more injurious to children that the risk of the disease for which they allegedly protect them against. When I was pregnant with my first son, I was under the assumption that vaccines were mandatory. It wasn’t until I did my research that I learned otherwise. However, the medical industry has done a good job of convincing parents that they are neccessary. The majority of parents follow doctors blindly, as if they are infallable. They are told of all the benefits, but the horrific results are quickly gone over, without any detail. Sadly, parents aren’t given the option that they don’t have to do this to their kids. It just seems ironic that in the land of the free, these sorts of things are being done to our children, and that parents get backed into corners because of the threat of having their kids taken from them.

On another note, I was always under the impression that foster care was supposed to protect children from dangerous situations. Hardly, a woman who didn’t want to subject her child to pain, and who nurses him 9 times a day constitutes a danger. It seems as though Judge Crnkovich, HHS, and the prosecutors abused the system by holding little Joel hostage in the foster care system until the blood was taken. It sickens me that something like this has happened in this country. But then again, it wouldn’t be the first time I read about Judge Crnkovich having poor judgement. This is the same judge who has placed children back into some pretty bad situations. Ironic! And how many times have we read about dead kids because of HHS returning children to volatile situations or not doing the proper screening, or “overlooking” red flags. SCARY!

By: Natasia Raven

Natasia Raven — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:21:45 +0000

I cannot believe that a judge would be so cruel and heartless as to deny a mother her right to breastfeed her new baby. This whole situation is absolutely ridiculous, and I hope that it will be settled soon.